How do you spell megapixel?

M-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L

Megapixel is spelled M-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L, one word ending in e-l rather than l-e. Splitting it into two words is the other common error. The 8K royalty-free photos here come to roughly 33 megapixels each.

Spelling tip

Single word, no hyphen, and pixel ends in -el.

What it means

A megapixel is one million pixels; 8K royalty-free photos measure about 33 megapixels.

Common misspellings

• mega pixel → megapixel
• megapixle → megapixel
• mega-pixel → megapixel
• megapixell → megapixel
• megapixil → megapixel