# bizarre

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bəˈzɑɹ/ · frequency rank #6,872

## Definitions
1. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”). Either from Basque bizar (“a beard”) (the notion being that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French), or from Italian bizzarro.

## Easily confused with
- **bizarro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bizarre-vs-bizarro)
- **bizarrely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bizarre-vs-bizarrely)
- **barre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barre-vs-bizarre)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbizarre`, `biazrre`, `bizare`, `bizarer`, `bizrare`, `bizzarre`, `bziarre`, `ibzarre`

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