# lodging

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,273

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From lodge + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **login** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-login)
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-loving)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-loring)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-looking)
- **logging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-logging)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-longing)
- **looting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-looting)
- **looming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-looming)
- **looping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-looping)
- **lugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-lugging)
- **lounging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-lounging)
- **lodgings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-lodgings)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-lodging)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locking-vs-lodging)
- **lagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagging-vs-lodging)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-lodging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ldoging`, `llodging`, `loddging`, `lodgging`, `lodgign`, `lodgingg`, `lodginng`, `lodgnig`, `lodigng`, `logding`, `oldging`

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