gestation
Definitions
Noun
- The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
- The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- The conception and development of an idea or plan
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "gestation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | generation | 4 | 55 |
| 2 | jacobean | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | johansen | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | geoffrion | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | georgeson | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | jacobsen | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | jacobson | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | jahanian | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | jakobsen | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | janardhan | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | jarvinen | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | jasperson | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | jergenson | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | jespersen | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | jesperson | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | jesselson | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | johannsen | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | johanson | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | josephson | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | juntunen | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | jurgensen | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | jurgenson | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | justesen | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "gestation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | situation | 4 | 196 |
| 2 | station | 2 | 105 |
| 3 | stations | 2 | 85 |
| 4 | restoration | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | destination | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | hesitation | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | stationed | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | estimation | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | station's | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | vegetation | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | infestation | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | devastation | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | stations' | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | restating | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | staton | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | statin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | molestation | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | hesitations | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | estimations | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | stationer | 3 | 0 |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "gestation" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | information | 4 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "gestation".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 23
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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