solicitadovssolicitanConfusable pair

Which to use

“solicitado” and “solicitan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,491
“solicitado” frequency rank
#15,964
“solicitan” frequency rank
23455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solicitado solicitan
Definition Participio de solicitar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de solicitar.

Where the eye mixes solicitado and solicitan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
solicitado
9 ch
solicitan

Why the eye confuses solicitado with solicitan

A purely visual mix-up. solicitado ([solisiˈt̪að̞o]) and solicitan ([soliˈsit̪ãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solicitado is recorded at frequency rank #7,491, classified as averb, pronounced [solisiˈt̪að̞o]. solicitan is at rank #15,964, tagged as averb, pronounced [soliˈsit̪ãn].

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 23455, this pair ranks #245,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of solicitado vs solicitan

Shared letters: acilost. Private to "solicitado": d. Private to "solicitan": n.

"solicitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "solicitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solicitadooslicitado · sloicitado · soilcitado · solciitado · soliccitado · soliciatdo · solicitaddo · solicitaod
  • solicitanoslicitan · sloicitan · soilcitan · solciitan · soliccitan · soliciatn · solicitann · solicitna

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "solicitado" and "solicitan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([solisiˈt̪að̞o] versus [soliˈsit̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "solicitado" vs "solicitan" - which ranks higher?
"solicitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,491 in our Spanish list, against #15,964 for "solicitan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "solicitado" and "solicitan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #245,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solicitado" and "solicitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solicitaban vs solicitan". 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 #245,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list