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loaded

load·ed/ˈloʊ.dɪd/adjective, verb

loaded is spelled L-O-A-D-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (load·ed). It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, loaded means “Burdened by some heavy load; packed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in loaded?

Letters6: L-O-A-D-E-D
Syllables2: load·ed
In writing18 times per million words; the 4,667th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is loaded?

Loaded appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th 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 loaded?

  • UK /ˈləʊ.dəd/
  • US /ˈloʊ.dɪd/

Loaded has 2 syllables, split load·ed in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-loaded.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of loaded

  • more loaded comparative
  • most loaded superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does loaded mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Burdened by some heavy load; packed.

    Let’s leave the TV; the car is loaded already.

  2. 2

    Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

    No funny business; this heater’s loaded!

  3. 3

    colloquialPossessing great wealth.

    He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.

  4. 4

    slangDrunk.

    By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.

  5. 5

    Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

    It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.

  6. 6

    Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

    He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.

  7. 7

    Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.

    That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.

  8. 8

    Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.

    "Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of load (a form of load)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Loaded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchargé (burdened by load), plein de thunes, pété de thunes (slang: having wealth), bourré, beurré (slang: drunk)
Germanbeladen, beschwert, schwer beladen (burdened by load), schwerreich (slang: having wealth), geladen, scharf ((of a projectile weapon) armed)
Spanishcargado (burdened by load), forrado (slang: having wealth)
Portugueseviciado ((gaming, of dice, also used figuratively) biased)

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 loaded come from?

From load + -ed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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