# Wicca vs Wiccan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wicca
*name · IPA /ˈwɪkə/ · frequency rank #47,421*
A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by the Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.

### Wiccan
*adjective · IPA /ˈwɪkən/ · frequency rank #48,017*
Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca.

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