# overload

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/ · frequency rank #15,018

## Definitions
1. To load excessively.
2. To provide too much power to a circuit.
3. To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
4. To fail due to excessive load.

## Etymology
From over- + load.

## Easily confused with
- **overlook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overload-vs-overlook)
- **overlord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overload-vs-overlord)
- **overloaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overload-vs-overloaded)
- **overlap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overlap-vs-overload)
- **overlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overlay-vs-overload)
- **overhead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overhead-vs-overload)
- **overland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overland-vs-overload)
- **overlaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overlaid-vs-overload)
- **overcoat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overcoat-vs-overload)
- **overboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overboard-vs-overload)

## Common misspellings (11)
`oevrload`, `ovelroad`, `overlaod`, `overlload`, `overloadd`, `overloda`, `overolad`, `overrload`, `ovreload`, `ovverload`, `voerload`

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