Which to use
“solicitada” is a participle and “solicitar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,085
- “solicitada” frequency rank
- #4,554
- “solicitar” frequency rank
- 22639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solicitada | solicitar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de solicitado, participio de solicitar. | Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales. |
Where the eye mixes solicitada and solicitar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: solicitada vs solicitar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: solicitada is [solisiˈt̪að̞a] while solicitar is [solisiˈt̪aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solicitada is recorded at frequency rank #18,085, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [solisiˈt̪að̞a]. solicitar is at rank #4,554, tagged as averb, pronounced [solisiˈt̪aɾ].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22639, this pair ranks #249,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of solicitada vs solicitar
Shared letters: acilost. Private to "solicitada": d. Private to "solicitar": r.
"solicitada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "solicitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- solicitada ← oslicitada · sloicitada · soilcitada · solciitada · soliccitada · soliciatda · solicitaad · solicitadda
- solicitar ← oslicitar · sloicitar · soilcitar · solciitar · soliccitar · soliciatr · solicitarr · solicitra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "solicitada" for "solicitar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "solicitada" vs "solicitar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "solicitada" and "solicitar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "solicitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solicitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solicitada" and "solicitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solicitaban vs solicitada". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #249,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.