ladenvsladraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: laden is a adjective, ladra is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“laden” is an adjective and “ladra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,727
“laden” frequency rank
#32,275
“ladra” frequency rank
54002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laden ladra
Definition Cargado. El acto de ladrar el perro.

Letter map: laden vs ladra

Shared letters muted; letters that set laden and ladra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. laden (CVCVC) and ladra (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
laden
5 ch
ladra

Role in the sentence - laden and ladra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laden is anadjective and ladraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laden is recorded at frequency rank #21,727, classified as anadj. ladra is at rank #32,275, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlað̞ɾa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 54002, this pair ranks #85,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laden vs ladra

Shared letters: adl. Private to "laden": en. Private to "ladra": r.

"laden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "ladra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laden ← alden · ladden · ladenn · ladne · laedn · ldaen · lladen
  • ladra ← aldra · ladar · laddra · ladrra · larda · ldara · lladra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "laden" and "ladra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "laden" is an adjective and "ladra" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "laden" or "ladra" show up more?
"laden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,727 in our Spanish list, against #32,275 for "ladra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "laden" and "ladra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ladra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laden" and "ladra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ladra vs Lyra". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #85,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list