Which to use
“sollicitation” and “sollicitations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,545
- “sollicitation” frequency rank
- #21,773
- “sollicitations” frequency rank
- 48318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sollicitation | sollicitations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Invite susceptible d’entraîner une réaction par tentation insistante. | Pluriel de sollicitation. |
Same sound, different letters: sollicitation vs sollicitations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. sollicitation runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVVC) against sollicitations's 14 (CVCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sollicitation / sollicitations
This is the hard kind. sollicitation and sollicitations are pronounced identically (\sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sollicitation” sits inside “sollicitations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sollicitation is recorded at frequency rank #26,545, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. sollicitations is at rank #21,773, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
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 48318, this pair ranks #179,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sollicitation vs sollicitations
Shared letters: acilnost. Private to "sollicitation": -. Private to "sollicitations": -.
"sollicitation" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVC · "sollicitations" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sollicitation ← osllicitation · slolicitation · solicitation · solilcitation · sollciitation · solliccitation · solliciattion · sollicitaiton
- sollicitations ← osllicitations · slolicitations · solicitations · solilcitations · sollciitations · solliccitations · solliciattions · sollicitaitons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sollicitation" and "sollicitations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sollicitation" vs "sollicitations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "sollicitation" / "sollicitations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sollicitation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sollicitations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #179,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.