solicitadovssolicitarConfusable pair

Quick tell: solicitado is a adjective, solicitar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,973
“solicitado” frequency rank
#8,820
“solicitar” frequency rank
20793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solicitado solicitar
Definition que se pode solicitar; pedido pedir com instância

Letter map: solicitado vs solicitar

Shared letters muted; letters that set solicitado and solicitar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

10 ch
solicitado
9 ch
solicitar

Role in the sentence - solicitado and solicitar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: solicitado is anadjective and solicitaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solicitado is recorded at frequency rank #11,973, classified as anadj. solicitar is at rank #8,820, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.li.si.ˈtaɾ/.

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 20793, this pair ranks #49,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of solicitado vs solicitar

Shared letters: acilost. Private to "solicitado": d. Private to "solicitar": r.

"solicitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "solicitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solicitadooslicitado · sloicitado · soilcitado · solciitado · soliccitado · soliciatdo · solicitaddo · solicitaod
  • solicitaroslicitar · sloicitar · soilcitar · solciitar · soliccitar · soliciatr · solicitarr · solicitra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "solicitado" and "solicitar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "solicitado" is an adjective and "solicitar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "solicitado" or "solicitar"?
"solicitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,820 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.

What to do next

Pair "solicitado" vs "solicitar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solicitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solicitado" and "solicitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solicitação vs solicitado". 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 #49,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list