bazaar
/bəˈzɑɹ/noun
bazaar is spelled B-A-Z-A-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “bazaar vs bizarre” about 110 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, bazaar means “A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bazaar is bazaars.
How many letters and syllables are in bazaar?
| Letters | 6: B-A-Z-A-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bazaar?
Bazaar appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bazaar?
- UK /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/
- US /bəˈzɑɹ/
- US [bɪ̈ˈzɑɹ]
Bazaar has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bazaar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bazaar
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bazaar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bazaar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: baraza.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bazaar
- bazaars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bazaar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
- 2
A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
- 3
A fair or temporary market, often for charity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bazaar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marketplace:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bazar, foire, marché |
| German | Basar, Markt |
| Portuguese | bazar, mercado |
| Spanish | bazar, mercado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bazaar come from?
From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).