sollicitation

\sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sollicitation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,545
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Invite susceptible d’entraîner une réaction par tentation insistante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sollicitation · sollicitation · French

sollicitation · rank #26,545 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,545
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Solange

Nearest frequency peer: Solange (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sollicitation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sollicitation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sollicitation vs sollicitations
93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sollicitation
PropertyValue
Headwordsollicitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#26,545
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sollicitation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sollicitationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Solange » (#26,544), « sortons » (#26,546), « snowboard » (#26,543). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sollicitation » est au #26,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sollicitation (IPA \sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,545 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sollicitation, with forms such as "osllicitation", "slolicitation", and "solicitation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sollicitations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sollicitation, spelled S-O-L-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Invite susceptible d’entraîner une réaction par tentation insistante.
  2. 2
    Demande instante, ou démarche pressante venant de l’extérieur.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des forces extérieurs s’exerçant sur un objet ou sur une structure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sollicitation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je fus face à une nouvelle sollicitation pressante, instante.
  2. C’est à la sollicitation d’un de ses amis qu’il a fait telle chose.

Synonyms

appelexcitationincitationdemandeprièrerequêtealéa

This word in other languages

solicitation(English)Bitte(Deutsch)solicitação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osllicitation
  • slolicitation
  • solicitation
  • solilcitation
  • sollciitation
  • solliccitation
  • solliciattion
  • sollicitaiton
  • sollicitatino
  • sollicitationn
  • sollicitatoin
  • sollicitattion
  • sollicittaion
  • sollicittation
  • sollictiation
  • solliictation
  • ssollicitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sollicitation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osllicitation2slolicitation2solicitation1solilcitation2sollciitation2solliccitation1solliciattion2sollicitaiton2
Edit distance from "sollicitation"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sollicitation"?
"sollicitation" is spelled S-O-L-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "sollicitation" mean?
As a noun, "sollicitation" means: Invite susceptible d’entraîner une réaction par tentation insistante.
What words are commonly confused with "sollicitation"?
"sollicitation" is commonly confused with "sollicitations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sollicitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sollicitation" is \sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sollicitation" come from?
"sollicitation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sollicitation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

totalitarisme#26,565trimestrielle#26,568recrudescence#26,504constitutions#26,677

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

réquisitoire17 variantsmultipliées17 variantscalendriers17 variantshésitations17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list