solicitar

[solisiˈt̪aɾ]

/[solisiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“solicitar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,554
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales.

Corpus desk

Index ES-solicitar · solicitar · Spanish

solicitar · rank #4,554 · 14 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,554
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH signos

Nearest frequency peer: signos (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “solicitar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “solicitar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

solicitar vs solicito
78% similar
solicitar vs solicité
78% similar
solicitar vs solicitud
78% similar

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

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “solicitar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.solicitarcae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “signos” (#4,553), “solucionar” (#4,555), “señalar” (#4,552). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “solicitar” va en #4,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around solicitar (IPA [solisiˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,554 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for solicitar, with forms such as "oslicitar", "sloicitar", and "soilcitar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "solicito", "solicité", "solicitud", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is solicitar, spelled S-O-L-I-C-I-T-A-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En este tiempo, solicitó Don Quijote a un labrador vecino suyo, hombre de bien …, pero de muy poca sal en la mollera.
  2. Muchos la solicitan; pero no le interesa.

Synonyms

llamarrequerirseducirbuscarpedirpretender

This word in other languages

request(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oslicitar
  • sloicitar
  • soilcitar
  • solciitar
  • soliccitar
  • soliciatr
  • solicitarr
  • solicitra
  • solicittar
  • solictiar
  • soliictar
  • solisitar
  • sollicitar
  • ssolicitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solicitar - 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.

oslicitar2sloicitar2soilcitar2solciitar2soliccitar1soliciatr2solicitarr1solicitra2
Edit distance from "solicitar"

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

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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

semejante#4,551protocolo#4,542volvieron#4,567portugués#4,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

completar14 variantsinnovación14 variantsdescubrió14 variantscreencias14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list