lading
/ˈleɪdɪŋ/
"lading" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lading” is uncommon English (frequency #67,578 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,578
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of loading.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lading · lading · English
lading · rank #67,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,578
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH KYC
Nearest frequency peer: KYC (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “lading”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Krampus
Krampus
32,426 corpus weight
- Kurzweil
Kurzweil
32,425 corpus weight
- KYC
KYC
32,424 corpus weight
- lading
lading
32,423 corpus weight
- langue
langue
32,422 corpus weight
- largemouth
largemouth
32,421 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lading” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lading |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪdɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lading” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lading is uncommon English at frequency #67,578 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪdɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lading doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading. The correct English form is lading, spelled L-A-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The action of loading.
- 2Shipment, cargo, freight.
- 3Burden.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lading appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]
The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car interior which, when combined with the rotary dump feature, perm…
Etymology
Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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