loaf
/loʊf/noun, verb
loaf is spelled L-O-A-F: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loaf means “A block of bread after baking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loaf is loaves.
How many letters and syllables are in loaf?
| Letters | 4: L-O-A-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is loaf?
Loaf appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 loaf?
- UK /ləʊf/
- US /loʊf/
Loaf has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loaf.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loaf?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as loaf from its last stressed vowel (/oʊf/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: foal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of loaf
- loaves plural
- loafs present, singular, he/she/it
- loafing participle, present
- loafed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loaf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A block of bread after baking.
- 2
Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- 3
slangEllipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
use one's loaf
- 4
A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
- 5
A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- 6
informalslangA catloaf.
verb
- 1
slangTo headbutt
- 2
To do nothing, to be idle.
loaf about, loaf around
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loaf in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baguette, miche, pain , savonnette , paresser |
| German | Laib, Laib Brot, Brot , nichts tun, herumlungern, rumhängen |
| Portuguese | pão , barra , vadiar |
| Spanish | pan, hogaza , barra , holgazanear , mollera, testa |
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.