# lunge

> English word · Noun · IPA /lʌnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #34,970

## Definitions
1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
2. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
3. An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
4. A fish, the namaycush.

## Etymology
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.

## Easily confused with
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-lure)
- **luxe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-luxe)
- **Lupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-lupe)
- **lute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-lute)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-lungs)
- **lunged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunge-vs-lunged)
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lug-vs-lunge)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-lunge)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-lunge)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/line-vs-lunge)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lane-vs-lunge)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lunge)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lung-vs-lunge)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-lunge)
- **lang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lang-vs-lunge)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lunge)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lund-vs-lunge)
- **lube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lube-vs-lunge)
- **luce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lunge)
- **luge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luge-vs-lunge)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llunge`, `lnuge`, `lugne`, `luneg`, `lungge`, `lunnge`, `ulnge`

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