sollicitées vs sollicités, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sollicitées” and “sollicités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,541
“sollicitées” frequency rank: #23,373
“sollicités” frequency rank: 64914
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sollicitées	sollicités
Definition	Féminin pluriel de sollicité.	Masculin pluriel de sollicité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sollicitées and sollicités apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch

sollicitées

10 ch

sollicités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. sollicitées and sollicités are pronounced identically (\sɔ.li.si.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sollicitées is recorded at frequency rank #41,541, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɔ.li.si.te\. sollicités is at rank #23,373, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɔ.li.si.te\.

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 64914, this pair ranks #74,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sollicitées vs sollicités

Shared letters: cilosté. Private to "sollicitées": e. Private to "sollicités": -.

"sollicitées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "sollicités" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

sollicitées#41,541

sollicités#23,373

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sollicitées" and "sollicités" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\sɔ.li.si.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "sollicitées" or "sollicités"?

"sollicités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,373 in our French list, against #41,541 for "sollicitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering sollicitées vs sollicités

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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