# Tuscan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtʌs.kən/ · frequency rank #28,408

## Definitions
1. Of, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy.
2. Belonging to the simplest of the five classical orders of architecture, being a Roman modification of the Doric style, with unfluted columns, and without triglyphs.

## Etymology
From Middle English Tuscan, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tuscany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuscan-vs-tuscany)
- **tuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tuscan)
- **turban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turban-vs-tuscan)
- **Tasman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasman-vs-tuscan)

## Common misspellings (9)
`tsucan`, `ttuscan`, `tucsan`, `tusacn`, `tuscann`, `tusccan`, `tuscna`, `tusscan`, `utscan`

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