# lodge

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɒd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #6,264

## Definitions
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. A 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.
9. The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
10. A collection of objects lodged together.
11. An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
12. An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *laubą
Frankish *laub
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-jō
Frankish *laubijābor.
Early Medieval Latin laubiader.
Old French logebor.
Middle English logge
English lodge
From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbour, covered walk-way”).
See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.

## Easily confused with
- **log** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-log)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-love)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-long)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lose)
- **logo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-logo)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lone)
- **logs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-logs)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lowe)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lore)
- **luge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-luge)
- **Lodi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lodi)
- **lope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lope)
- **loose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-loose)
- **Louie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-louie)
- **longs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-longs)
- **lotte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lotte)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lunge)
- **lough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lough)
- **Loire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-loire)
- **louse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-louse)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ldoge`, `llodge`, `loddge`, `lodeg`, `lodgge`, `logde`, `oldge`

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