Stock Photography spelling guide

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, written as one word. The last three letters are -xel, matching pixel, so megapixle is wrong. In stock photography a 33-megapixel file, like the 8K JPGs here, is considered large.

Spelling tip

One word, no hyphen; the ending follows pixel and is -el, not -le.

What it means in stock photography

A megapixel equals one million pixels. An 8K file at 7680 by 4320 is roughly 33 megapixels, a size that exceeds most stock photography downloads.

Common misspellings

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