solicitaçãovssolicitadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: solicitação is a noun, solicitado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“solicitação” is a noun and “solicitado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,259
“solicitação” frequency rank
#11,973
“solicitado” frequency rank
21232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solicitação solicitado
Definition ato ou efeito de solicitar que se pode solicitar; pedido

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set solicitação and solicitado apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch
solicitação
10 ch
solicitado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: solicitação is anoun and solicitadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solicitação is recorded at frequency rank #9,259, classified as anoun, pronounced /so.li.si.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [so.li.si.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. solicitado is at rank #11,973, tagged as anadj.

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 21232, this pair ranks #49,090 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of solicitação vs solicitado

Shared letters: acilost. Private to "solicitação": ãç. Private to "solicitado": d.

"solicitação" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVV  ·  "solicitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solicitadooslicitado · sloicitado · soilcitado · solciitado · soliccitado · soliciatdo · solicitaddo · solicitaod

Frequency comparison

solicitação#9,259
solicitado#11,973

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "solicitação" and "solicitado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "solicitação" is a noun and "solicitado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "solicitação" or "solicitado"?
"solicitação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,259 in our Portuguese list, against #11,973 for "solicitado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering solicitação vs solicitado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “solicitação”; for an adjective, it's “solicitado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “solicitação” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list