load of crap

noun

"load-of-crap" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“load of crap” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).

Corpus desk

Index EN-load-of-crap · load of crap · English

load of crap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for load of crap
PropertyValue
Headwordload of crap
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “load of crap” in English

load of crapranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

load of crap is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

load of crap has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is load of crap, spelled L-O-A-D- -O-F- -C-R-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).
  2. 2
    Any worthless structure or device.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how load of crap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They said he survived the fall? What a load of crap!
  2. Take this load of crap back where you bought it and get your money back.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "load of crap"?
"load of crap" is spelled L-O-A-D- -O-F- -C-R-A-P.
What does "load of crap" mean?
As a noun, "load of crap" means: Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).
What language does "load of crap" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list