# solicitation

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ · frequency rank #23,401

## Definitions
1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
2. an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime

## Etymology
From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.

## Common misspellings (18)
`oslicitation`, `sloicitation`, `soilcitation`, `solciitation`, `soliccitation`, `soliciattion`, `solicitaiton`, `solicitasion`, `solicitatino`, `solicitationn`, `solicitatoin`, `solicitattion`, `solicittaion`, `solicittation`, `solictiation`, `soliictation`, `sollicitation`, `ssolicitation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/solicitation