# lazar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈleɪzə/ · frequency rank #37,065

## Definitions
1. Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

## Etymology
From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".

## Easily confused with
- **lazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lazy)
- **liar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-liar)
- **lear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lear)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lunar)
- **Lazio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lazio)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lazer)
- **lidar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lidar)
- **lizard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lizard)
- **Lazarus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lazarus)
- **lar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lar-vs-lazar)
- **lava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lava-vs-lazar)
- **Lana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lana-vs-lazar)
- **Lara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lara-vs-lazar)
- **lama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lama-vs-lazar)
- **lair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lair-vs-lazar)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/later-vs-lazar)
- **labor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/labor-vs-lazar)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layer-vs-lazar)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laser-vs-lazar)
- **Lamar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamar-vs-lazar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alzar`, `laazr`, `lazarr`, `lazra`, `lazzar`, `llazar`, `lzaar`

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