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.
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
- solicitado ← oslicitado · sloicitado · soilcitado · solciitado · soliccitado · soliciatdo · solicitaddo · solicitaod
- solicitan ← oslicitan · sloicitan · soilcitan · solciitan · soliccitan · soliciatn · solicitann · solicitna
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "solicitado" and "solicitan" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "solicitado" vs "solicitan" - which ranks higher?
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.