lodging
/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/noun, verb
lodging is spelled L-O-D-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lodging means “A place to live or lodge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lodging is lodgings.
How many letters and syllables are in lodging?
| Letters | 7: L-O-D-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 lodging?
Lodging appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 lodging?
- US /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/
- UK /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/
Lodging has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-lodging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lodging?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lodging (/ɑdʒɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: golding, godling.
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 lodging
- lodgings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lodging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place to live or lodge.
- 2
Sleeping accommodation.
- 3
Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
- 4
The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of lodge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lodging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | logement, hébergement , verse |
| German | Unterkunft, Herberge |
| Portuguese | alojamento |
| Spanish | alojamiento, hospedaje, aposentamiento , encamado |
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 lodging come from?
From lodge + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).