# gestation

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ · frequency rank #28,934

## Definitions
1. The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2. The process of development of a plan or idea.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

## Easily confused with
- **gestational** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gestation-vs-gestational)

## Common misspellings (14)
`egstation`, `gesattion`, `gesstation`, `gestaiton`, `gestasion`, `gestatino`, `gestationn`, `gestatoin`, `gestattion`, `gesttaion`, `gesttation`, `getsation`, `ggestation`, `gsetation`

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