Which to use
“solliciter” is a verb and “sollicités” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,478
- “solliciter” frequency rank
- #23,373
- “sollicités” frequency rank
- 36851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solliciter | sollicités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inciter ou exciter à faire quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de sollicité. |
Same sound, different letters: solliciter vs sollicités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. solliciter and sollicités follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - solliciter and sollicités
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: solliciter and sollicités carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sɔ.li.si.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solliciter is recorded at frequency rank #13,478, classified as averb, 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 36851, this pair ranks #266,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of solliciter vs sollicités
Shared letters: cilost. Private to "solliciter": er. Private to "sollicités": é.
"solliciter" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "sollicités" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- solliciter ← oslliciter · sloliciter · soliciter · solilciter · sollciiter · sollicciter · sollicietr · solliciterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "solliciter" for "sollicités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "solliciter" or "sollicités"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "solliciter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sollicités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solliciter" and "sollicités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sollicitées vs sollicités". 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 #266,701 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.