luggage
lug·gage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/noun
luggage is spelled L-U-G-G-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (lug·gage). It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, luggage means “The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of luggage is luggages.
How many letters and syllables are in luggage?
| Letters | 7: L-U-G-G-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: lug·gage |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 luggage?
Luggage appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 luggage?
- US /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/
Luggage has 2 syllables, split lug·gage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-luggage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of luggage
- luggages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does luggage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.
- 2
The contents of such containers.
- 3
nonstandardobsoleteA specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Luggage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense traveller's containers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bagage |
| German | Gepäck, Gepäckstück, Reisegepäck, Ballast |
| Portuguese | bagagem |
| Spanish | equipaje |
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 luggage come from?
1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare baggage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).