Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.
Loaves

Loans

Loaded

Loafer

Lonely

Loathsome

Let's arrange the words according to alphabetical order:
All words start with 'Lo'. Let's look at the third letter:

Loaded (3), Loafer (4), Loans (2), Loathsome (6), Loaves (1) have 'a' as the third letter.

Lonely (5) has 'n' as the third letter, so it will come last.

Now let's sort the words starting with 'Loa':

4th letter comparisons:

Loaded (3) → 'd'

Loafer (4) → 'f'

Loans (2) → 'n'

Loathsome (6) → 't'

Loaves (1) → 'v'

Alphabetical order of these 4th letters is d < f < n < t < v.
Therefore, the sequence is:

Loaded (3)

Loafer (4)

Loans (2)

Loathsome (6)

Loaves (1)

Lonely (5)

The correct dictionary order is 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5.