solicit
/səˈlɪsɪt/verb
solicit is spelled S-O-L-I-C-I-T: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, solicit means “To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in solicit?
| Letters | 7: S-O-L-I-C-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is solicit?
Solicit appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce solicit?
- /səˈlɪsɪt/
Solicit has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-solicit.ogg, En-au-solicit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with solicit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as solicit.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: colitis.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of solicit
- solicits present, singular, he/she/it
- soliciting participle, present
- solicited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does solicit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
to solicit alms, or a favour
- 2
To woo; to court.
- 3
To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
Sounds and some tangible qualities fail not to solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.
- 4
To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
- 5
To make a petition.
- 6
archaicTo disturb or trouble; to harass.
- 7
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
- 8
obsoleterareTo disturb; to disquiet.
noun
- 1
archaicSolicitation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Solicit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | anfordern, bedrängen, erbitten, nachsuchen , werben, den Hof machen |
| Portuguese | solicitar |
| Spanish | solicitar , cortejar , yirar |
| French | racoler, draguer, allumer |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does solicit come from?
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).