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How do you spell lossless?

Lossless is spelled L-O-S-S-L-E-S-S, with a double s in both halves. Losless with one is the frequent error.

Letter by letter

L-O-S-S-L-E-S-S

Spelling note

Double s twice: once in the middle and once at the end. One word.

What it means for nature images

Lossless compression reduces size without discarding information. PNG is lossless; JPEG is not, which is why PNG is the wrong choice for a photograph.

Common misspellings

  • losless → lossless
  • loseless → lossless
  • loss-less → lossless
  • losslesss → lossless

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