lodge
/lɑd͡ʒ/noun, verb
lodge is spelled L-O-D-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lodge means “A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lodge is lodges.
How many letters and syllables are in lodge?
| Letters | 5: L-O-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 lodge?
Lodge appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 lodge?
- UK /lɒd͡ʒ/
- US /lɑd͡ʒ/
Lodge 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: En-us-lodge.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lodge?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lodge from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒ/):
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 lodge
- lodges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lodging participle, present
- lodged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lodge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- 2
Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- 3
A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- 4
USA local chapter of a trade union.
- 5
A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- 6
A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- 7
A den or cave.
- 8
The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
verb
- 1
To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
- 2
To firmly fix in a specified position.
I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
- 3
To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.
- 4
To stay in any place or shelter.
- 5
To drive (an animal) to covert.
- 6
To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- 7
To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- 8
To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
to lodge a complaint
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate lodge?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of lodge: ldg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lodge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cabane , maison du portier , loge , loger, demeurer , verser |
| German | Lodge , Loge , logieren , Biberburg , feststecken, festklemmen |
| Portuguese | cabana , loja , acamar , emperrar, alojar , acolher |
| Spanish | caseta , logia , meterse , alojar, albergar , meter |
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.
Where does lodge come from?
From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).