load of shit

noun

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

The verdict

“load of shit” 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-shit · load of shit · English

load of shit · 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

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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 shit
PropertyValue
Headwordload of shit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

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

load of shitranks 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 shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for load of shit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is load of shit, spelled L-O-A-D- -O-F- -S-H-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).
  2. 2
    Any worthless structure or device.
  3. 3
    An event that did not go well or fell far short of what was expected or intended.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how load of shit 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 shit!
  2. Take this load of shit 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 shit"?
"load of shit" is spelled L-O-A-D- -O-F- -S-H-I-T.
What does "load of shit" mean?
As a noun, "load of shit" means: Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).
What language does "load of shit" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list