overlade
verb
overlade is spelled O-V-E-R-L-A-D-E: 8 letters. As a verb, overlade means “To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overlade?
| Letters | 8: O-V-E-R-L-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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).
Forms of overlade
- overlades present, singular, he/she/it
- overlading participle, present
- overladed past, participle
- overladen participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overlade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overlade come from?
From Middle English overladen, equivalent to over- + lade. Cognate with Dutch overladen (“to overlade, overload”), German überladen (“to overload, overburden”), Swedish överladda (“to overload, overcharge”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).