gestación

Name: gestación, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[xest̪aˈsjõn]

/[xest̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gestación” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,629
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,728
“G” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de gestar o de gestarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-gestacion · gestación · Spanish

gestación · rank #15,629 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #15,629
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 1,728
PHOTO-FINISH gobernadora

Nearest frequency peer: gobernadora (+1 rank slots)

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.

formular

84,375
fronterizo

84,374
gestación

84,372
gobernadora

84,371
gobiernan

84,370
guardando

84,369

What this shows “gestación” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gestación vs gestion

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gestación
Property	Value
Headword	gestación
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[xest̪aˈsjõn]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#15,629
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “gestación”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).gestacióncae aquí:

#15,629

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “gobernadora” (#15,630), “fronterizo” (#15,627), “gobiernan” (#15,631). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “gestación” va en #15,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around gestación (IPA [xest̪aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,629 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestación, with forms such as "egstación", "gesatción", and "gesstación". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gestion", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is gestación, spelled G-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de gestar o de gestarse.
2
Periodo durante el cual se desarrolla el embrión de los vivíparos en el interior de la madre desde la concepción hasta el nacimiento.
3
Por extensión, proceso de preparar, dar forma o elaborar algo, o periodo dedicado a ello.

Synonyms

embarazo gravidez preñez

This word in other languages

gestation(English)gestation(Français)gestação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egstación
gesatción
gesstación
gestacción
gestacinó
gestaciónn
gestacóin
gestaicón
gestasión
gestcaión
gesttación
getsación
ggestación
gsetación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gestación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "gestación"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gestación"?

"gestación" is spelled G-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [xest̪aˈsjõn].

What does "gestación" mean?

As a noun, "gestación" means: Acción o efecto de gestar o de gestarse.

What words are commonly confused with "gestación"?

"gestación" is commonly confused with "gestion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gestación"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestación" is [xest̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gestación" come from?

"gestación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gestación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gobiernan#15,631 guardando#15,632 guardería#15,633 innegable#15,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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