solicitadosvssolicitudesConfusable pair

Quick tell: solicitados is a participle, solicitudes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“solicitados” is a participle and “solicitudes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,821
“solicitados” frequency rank
#6,461
“solicitudes” frequency rank
32282
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solicitados solicitudes
Definition Forma del plural de solicitado, participio de solicitar. Forma del plural de solicitud.

Where the eye mixes solicitados and solicitudes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
solicitados
11 ch
solicitudes

Why the eye confuses solicitados with solicitudes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: solicitados is [solisiˈt̪að̞os] while solicitudes is [solisiˈt̪uð̞es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solicitados is recorded at frequency rank #25,821, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [solisiˈt̪að̞os]. solicitudes is at rank #6,461, tagged as anoun, pronounced [solisiˈt̪uð̞es].

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 32282, this pair ranks #202,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of solicitados vs solicitudes

Shared letters: cdilost. Private to "solicitados": a. Private to "solicitudes": eu.

"solicitados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "solicitudes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solicitadososlicitados · sloicitados · soilcitados · solciitados · soliccitados · soliciatdos · solicitaddos · solicitadoss
  • solicitudesoslicitudes · sloicitudes · soilcitudes · solciitudes · soliccitudes · solicitdues · solicittudes · solicituddes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "solicitados" and "solicitudes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "solicitados" is a participle and "solicitudes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "solicitados" or "solicitudes"?
"solicitudes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,461 in our Spanish list, against #25,821 for "solicitados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solicitados" and "solicitudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solicitadas vs solicitados". 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 #202,780 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