Which to use
“leased” and “loaded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,629
- “leased” frequency rank
- #4,687
- “loaded” frequency rank
- 17316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leased | loaded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of lease | simple past and past participle of load |
Where the eye mixes leased and loaded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between leased and loaded
A purely visual mix-up. leased (/liːst/) and loaded (/ˈləʊ.dəd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leased is recorded at frequency rank #12,629, classified as averb, pronounced /liːst/. loaded is at rank #4,687, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈləʊ.dəd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17316, this pair ranks #452,216 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leased vs loaded
Shared letters: adel. Private to "leased": s. Private to "loaded": o.
"leased" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "loaded" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leased" and "loaded" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "leased" or "loaded" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "leased" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loaded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #452,216 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leased" and "loaded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leased vs lessee". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #452,216 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.