# Lucan vs Lucas

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lucan
*name · frequency rank #44,911*
The Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.

### Lucas
*name · IPA /ˈluːkəs/ · frequency rank #6,162*
A male given name from Latin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucas