lade

/[ˈlaːdə]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,399

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lade is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden Pronounced [ˈlaːdə]. It ranks #9,399 in German word frequency. Often confused with le and ld.

Key facts for lade
PropertyValue
Headwordlade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlaːdə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,399
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lade in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lade is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,399 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lade, with forms such as "alde", "ladde", and "laed". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "le", "ld", "lag", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lade, spelled L-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alde,ladde,laed,ldae,llade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lade

Misspelling Variants of "lade"

alde4ladde5laed4ldae4llade5
Misspelling Variants of "lade"

Frequency rank: #9,399 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lade"?
"lade" is spelled L-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaːdə].
What does "lade" mean?
As a verb, "lade" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden
What words are commonly confused with "lade"?
"lade" is commonly confused with "le", "ld", "lag". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lade" is [ˈlaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lade" come from?
"lade" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.