solicitar

/[solisiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,554

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

solicitar is aSpanishverb. It means: Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales. Pronounced [solisiˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #4,554 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with solicito and solicité.

Key facts for solicitar
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Headwordsolicitar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[solisiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,554
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of solicitar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for solicitar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [solisiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,554 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for solicitar, with forms such as "oslicitar", "sloicitar", and "soilcitar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "solicito", "solicité", "solicitud", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is solicitar, spelled S-O-L-I-C-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales.
  2. 2
    Pedir la atención, atraer o llamar el interés de alguien sobre uno.
  3. 3
    Intentar atraer a alguien con propósito de amistad o amor.
  4. 4
    Gestionar asuntos o negocios, hacer diligencias.
  5. 5
    Intentar conseguir algo poniendo mucha dedicación y cuidado.
  6. 6
    Atraer a un cuerpo una o más fuerzas, cada una en su sentido.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oslicitar,sloicitar,soilcitar,solciitar,soliccitar,soliciatr,solicitarr,solicitra,solicittar,solictiar,soliictar,solisitar,sollicitar,ssolicitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for solicitar

Misspelling Variants of "solicitar"

oslicitar9sloicitar9soilcitar9solciitar9soliccitar10soliciatr9solicitarr10solicitra9
Misspelling Variants of "solicitar"

Frequency rank: #4,554 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solicitar"?
"solicitar" is spelled S-O-L-I-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [solisiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "solicitar" mean?
As a verb, "solicitar" means: Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales.
What words are commonly confused with "solicitar"?
"solicitar" is commonly confused with "solicito", "solicité", "solicitud". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solicitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solicitar" is [solisiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solicitar" come from?
"solicitar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.