freight
/fɹeɪt/noun, verb
freight is spelled F-R-E-I-G-H-T: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, freight means “The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of freight is freights.
How many letters and syllables are in freight?
| Letters | 7: F-R-E-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is freight?
Freight appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce freight?
- US /fɹeɪt/
- Australia /fɹæɪt/
- /fɾet/
Freight has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-freight.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with freight?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as freight from its last stressed vowel (/eɪt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fighter, refight.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of freight
- freights plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- freighting participle, present
- freighted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
- more freight comparative
- most freight superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
- 2
Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
- 3
Payment for transportation.
The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
- 4
A burden, a load.
- 5
Cultural or emotional associations.
- 6
Ellipsis of freight train.
They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
verb
- 1
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
- 2
To transport (goods).
- 3
To load or store (goods, etc.).
- 4
To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
- 5
USChiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteFreighted; laden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freight in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fret , cargaison, chargement |
| Spanish | transporte de mercancías , flete, carga, cargamento , cargar |
| German | Fracht , befrachten |
| Portuguese | carga , frete |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.