royalty

/ˈɹɔɪəlti/

//ˈɹɔɪəlti// noun

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"royalty" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“royalty” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,666
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

Corpus desk

Index EN-royalty · royalty · English

royalty · rank #9,666 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,666
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rosa

Nearest frequency peer: Rosa (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “royalty”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “royalty” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

royalty vs royal
71% similar
royalty vs Royals
57% similar
royalty vs royale
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for royalty
PropertyValue
Headwordroyalty
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɹɔɪəlti/
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,666
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “royalty”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).royaltylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Rosa” (#9,665), “Sandra” (#9,667), “rivalry” (#9,664). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “royalty” is #9,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around royalty (IPA /ˈɹɔɪəlti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,666 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for royalty, with forms such as "oryalty", "roaylty", and "royallty". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "royal", "Royals", "royale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality. The correct English form is royalty, spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
  2. 2
    People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
  3. 3
    A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
  4. 4
    The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
  5. 5
    Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
  6. 6
    To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.
  7. 7
    Someone in a privileged position.
  8. 8
    A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
  9. 9
    The bounds of a royal burgh.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how royalty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided.
  2. Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties.

Etymology

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.

This word in other languages

realeza(Español)règne(Français)Tantieme(Deutsch)realeza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oryalty
  • roaylty
  • royallty
  • royaltty
  • royaltyy
  • royalyt
  • royatly
  • roylaty
  • royyalty
  • rroyalty
  • ryoalty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of royalty - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oryalty2roaylty2royallty1royaltty1royaltyy1royalyt2royatly2roylaty2
Edit distance from "royalty"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "royalty"?
"royalty" is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɹɔɪəlti/.
What does "royalty" mean?
As a noun, "royalty" means: The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
What words are commonly confused with "royalty"?
"royalty" is commonly confused with "royal", "Royals", "royale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "royalty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "royalty" is /ˈɹɔɪəlti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "royalty"?
From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "royalty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list