solicitar
[solisiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“solicitar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,554 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,554
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solicitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [solisiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “solicitar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for solicitar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 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
- 1Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales.
- 2Pedir la atención, atraer o llamar el interés de alguien sobre uno.
- 3Intentar atraer a alguien con propósito de amistad o amor.
- 4Gestionar asuntos o negocios, hacer diligencias.
- 5Intentar conseguir algo poniendo mucha dedicación y cuidado.
- 6Atraer a un cuerpo una o más fuerzas, cada una en su sentido.
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
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.
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.
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Using “solicitar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-L-I-C-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [solisiˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “solicito” - see the side-by-side comparison. solicitar vs solicito
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.