# Wigan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɪɡən/ · frequency rank #16,829

## Definitions
1. A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.

## Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic, ultimately probably from Latin vicus (“town”) + a diminutive suffix (cf. Welsh gwig + -an).

## Easily confused with
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-win)
- **wigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wigs)
- **Winn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-winn)
- **woman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-woman)
- **wight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wight)
- **Wuhan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wuhan)
- **Wyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wyman)
- **wingman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wingman)
- **wan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wan-vs-wigan)
- **wig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wig-vs-wigan)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wigan)
- **wean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wean-vs-wigan)
- **wagon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wagon-vs-wigan)
- **widen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widen-vs-wigan)
- **Wiccan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiccan-vs-wigan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwgan`, `wgian`, `wiagn`, `wigann`, `wiggan`, `wigna`, `wwigan`

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