gestate
/d͡ʒɛsˈteɪt/verb
gestate is spelled G-E-S-T-A-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, gestate means “To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gestate?
| Letters | 7: G-E-S-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gestate?
Gestate appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 gestate?
- /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪt/
Gestate has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gestate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gestate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gestate.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tagetes.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gestate
- gestates present, singular, he/she/it
- gestating participle, present
- gestated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gestate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
- 2
To develop an idea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gestate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to carry offspring in the uterus:
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 gestate come from?
Back-formation from gestation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).