laden
/ˈleɪdən/adjective, verb
laden is spelled L-A-D-E-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, laden means “Weighed down with a load, burdened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in laden?
| Letters | 5: L-A-D-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 laden?
Laden appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 laden?
- /ˈleɪdən/
- /ˈleɪdn̩/
Laden has 2 syllables (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-laden.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with laden?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as laden.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lande, eland, naled.
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 laden
- more laden comparative
- most laden superlative
- ladens present, singular, he/she/it
- ladening participle, present
- ladened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laden mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
- 2
Heavy.
His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
- 3
Oppressed.
- 4
In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.
verb
- 1
past participle of lade
- 2
archaicTo load or charge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laden in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chargé, alourdi |
| German | beladen, belastet , schwer |
| Portuguese | carregado |
| Spanish | cargado, fletado |
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 laden come from?
See lade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).