lade
/leɪd/verb, noun
lade is spelled L-A-D-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Lade, the name). As a verb, lade means “To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lade?
| Letters | 4: L-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 lade?
Lade appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Lade, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lade?
- US /leɪd/
Lade 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lade
Sounds like: laid (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lade?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lade from its last stressed vowel (/eɪd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deal, lead, dale.
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 lade
- lades present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- lading participle, present
- laded past, participle
- laden participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- 2
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
- 3
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
- 4
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- 5
To admit water by leakage.
noun
- 1
ScotlandA load.
- 2
UKThe mouth of a river.
- 3
UKobsoleteA passage for water; a ditch or drain.
- 4
Scotland(mill lade) A mill race.
- 5
ScotlandWater pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does lade come from?
From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).