gravidation

noun

"gravidation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gravidation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pregnancy

Corpus desk

Index EN-gravidation · gravidation · English

gravidation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for gravidation
PropertyValue
Headwordgravidation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gravidation” in English

gravidationfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gravidation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pregnancy".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gravidation, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gravidacionne, from Medieval Latin gravidātiō. The correct English form is gravidation, spelled G-R-A-V-I-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    pregnancy

Etymology

From Middle English gravidacionne, from Medieval Latin gravidātiō.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravidation"?
"gravidation" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-D-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "gravidation" mean?
As a noun, "gravidation" means: pregnancy
What is the origin of the word "gravidation"?
From Middle English gravidacionne, from Medieval Latin gravidātiō. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list