# Lucan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,911

## Definitions
1. The Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.

## Etymology
From Latin Lucanus.

## Easily confused with
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lun)
- **luck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luck)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucy)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luna)
- **Luka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luka)
- **luce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luce)
- **Lula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lula)
- **lucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucky)
- **Lucas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucas)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lunar)
- **Lucia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucia)
- **lucid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucid)
- **Lukas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lukas)
- **Luton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luton)
- **lumen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lumen)
- **Lyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lyman)
- **lupin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lupin)
- **Luzon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luzon)
- **Lucca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucca)
- **Lucian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-lucian)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lcuan`, `llucan`, `luacn`, `lucann`, `luccan`, `lucna`, `ulcan`

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