# loader

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈloʊdɚ/ · frequency rank #25,459

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.
2. A program that prepares other programs for execution.
3. A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
4. A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
5. An incentive given to a dealer.

## Etymology
From load + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **lode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-lode)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-lower)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-lover)
- **loads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-loads)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-loser)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-loner)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-longer)
- **locker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-locker)
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-louder)
- **looser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-looser)
- **lodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loader-vs-lodger)
- **load** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/load-vs-loader)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/later-vs-loader)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layer-vs-loader)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laser-vs-loader)
- **laden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laden-vs-loader)
- **lager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lager-vs-loader)
- **laker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laker-vs-loader)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazer-vs-loader)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-loader)

## Common misspellings (8)
`laoder`, `lloader`, `loadder`, `loaderr`, `loadre`, `loaedr`, `lodaer`, `olader`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/loader