# loading

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈləʊ.dɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,069

## Definitions
1. The process by which something is loaded.
2. A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
3. An hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
4. A weighting or bias.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, load + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-loving)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-loring)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-looking)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-locking)
- **logging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-logging)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-longing)
- **looting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-looting)
- **lodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-lodging)
- **looming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-looming)
- **looping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-looping)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-loaning)
- **loathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-loathing)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-loading)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loading)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-loading)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-loading)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-loading)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-loading)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-loading)

## Common misspellings (10)
`laoding`, `lloading`, `loadding`, `loadign`, `loadingg`, `loadinng`, `loadnig`, `loaidng`, `lodaing`, `olading`

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