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lodgment

/ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/noun

lodgment is spelled L-O-D-G-M-E-N-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lodgment means “An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lodgment is lodgments.

How many letters and syllables are in lodgment?

Letters8: L-O-D-G-M-E-N-T
In writingabout once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is lodgment?

Lodgment appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 lodgment?

  • US /ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of lodgment

  • lodgments plural
  • lodgement

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does lodgment mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.

    See also quotations under lodgement.

  2. 2

    The condition of being lodged.

  3. 3

    The act of lodging or depositing.

  4. 4

    The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does lodgment come from?

From Middle French logement, from loger (“to lodge”) + -ment.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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