gestation

\ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“gestation” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,299
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une femme enceinte ou d’une femelle mammifère gravide ; temps que dure cet état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gestation · gestation · French

gestation · rank #19,299 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,299
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gate

Nearest frequency peer: gate (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gestation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gestation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

gestation vs gestion
78% similar

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

Key facts for gestation
PropertyValue
Headwordgestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,299
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gestation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gestationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gate » (#19,298), « Gibson » (#19,300), « Gainsbourg » (#19,297). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gestation » est au #19,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around gestation (IPA \ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,299 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestation, with forms such as "egstation", "gesattion", and "gesstation". 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gestation, spelled G-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une femme enceinte ou d’une femelle mammifère gravide ; temps que dure cet état.
  2. 2
    Fait de porter en soi une idée ou un projet.
  3. 3
    État d’un individu qui est porté.
  4. 4
    État d’un individu qui est porté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gestation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En Chine, la pierre d’hirondelle est une aétite qui a la propriété de réguler la phase de gestation : lorsqu’elle est fixée au-dessus du genou de la femme enceinte, l’aétite précipite l’accouchement ; maintenue au-dessus de la poitrine, elle le retarde.
  2. La durée de gestation correspond au temps qui s’écoule entre la fécondation et la mise bas. Elle varie de manière importante entre les espèces et entre les races.

This word in other languages

gestation(English)gestación(Español)gravidez(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egstation
  • gesattion
  • gesstation
  • gestaiton
  • gestatino
  • gestationn
  • gestatoin
  • gestattion
  • gesttaion
  • gesttation
  • getsation
  • ggestation
  • gsetation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gestation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egstation2gesattion2gesstation1gestaiton2gestatino2gestationn1gestatoin2gestattion1
Edit distance from "gestation"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gestation"?
"gestation" is spelled G-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "gestation" mean?
As a noun, "gestation" means: État d’une femme enceinte ou d’une femelle mammifère gravide ; temps que dure cet état.
What words are commonly confused with "gestation"?
"gestation" 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 "gestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestation" is \ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestation" come from?
"gestation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

graphisme#19,304formulées#19,290familiers#19,286ignorants#19,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

imaginent13 variantsexploitée13 variantsimparfait13 variantsimposable13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list