How do you spell license?

L-I-C-E-N-S-E

License is spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-E, with c then s. British English writes the noun as licence, and readers understand both. The license for royalty-free photos on Affordable Royalty-Free Photos is a single public page.

Spelling tip

License with an s is the American spelling for both noun and verb; licence with a c is the British noun.

What it means

A license is the permission that sets out how royalty-free photos may be used; this site publishes one at /license/ for every file.

Common misspellings

• licence → license
• lisence → license
• lisense → license
• liscence → license
• licensce → license