# lounge

> English word · Verb · IPA /laʊnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #8,060

## Definitions
1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
2. To walk or go in a leisurely manner.

## Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).

## Easily confused with
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-lung)
- **luge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-luge)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-lungs)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-lunge)
- **louse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-louse)
- **Louvre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-louvre)
- **lunged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lounge-vs-lunged)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-lounge)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-lounge)
- **lodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lounge)
- **Louie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/louie-vs-lounge)
- **Leung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lounge)
- **longs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longs-vs-lounge)
- **lough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lounge)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lounge)
- **Louise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/louise-vs-lounge)
- **longed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longed-vs-lounge)
- **Lonnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lonnie-vs-lounge)

## Common misspellings (8)
`llounge`, `lonuge`, `lougne`, `louneg`, `loungge`, `lounnge`, `luonge`, `olunge`

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