lodging

Other forms of lodging

plural

lodgings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lodging

What does lodging mean?

lodging means "structures collectively in which people are housed". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lodging?

lodging has 2 syllables: lod-ging. The stress falls on "lod". In IPA it is /ˈlɑdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for lodging?

Close synonyms include housing, living accommodations, lodgment, lodgement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lodging a common word?

lodging is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.