bazar

\ba.zaʁ\

/\ba.zaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bazar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,612
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché public, lieu destiné au commerce en Orient.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bazar · bazar · French

bazar · rank #14,612 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,612
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bastion

Nearest frequency peer: bastion (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bazar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bazar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bazar vs bear
60% similar
bazar vs bazin
60% similar
bazar vs blazer
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bazar
PropertyValue
Headwordbazar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.zaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,612
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bazar »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bazarse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bastion » (#14,611), « berges » (#14,613), « banquet » (#14,610). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bazar » est au #14,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bazar (IPA \ba.zaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,612 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bazar, with forms such as "abzar", "baazr", and "bazarr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bear", "bazin", "blazer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bazar, spelled B-A-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marché public, lieu destiné au commerce en Orient.
  2. 2
    Lieu couvert où sont réunis des marchands tenant des boutiques d’étoffes, de meubles, de bijouterie, etc.
  3. 3
    Vaste magasin où se vendent au détail des marchandises diverses, généralement à bas prix.
  4. 4
    Fourbi, grand désordre.
  5. 5
    Ensemble d’objets et de matériels divers.
  6. 6
    Lycée.
  7. 7
    Sorte de lit mobile pour les douaniers en embuscade.
  8. 8
    Sexe de l’homme ou de la femme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bazar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À présent voici les bazars avec les mille produits de la Perse, de la Chine, de la Turquie, de la Sibérie, de la Mongolie.
  2. Bazar et vacarme sont le même mot. Le mot persan bazar s’analyse en wescar. Le mot arménien vacarme se décompose en wahacarana. L’un et l’autre disent la rue marchande (mot à mot « l’endroit où on marche pour acheter », la ville).

Synonyms

kaïsariasouk

This word in other languages

bazaar(English)bazar(Español)Basar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abzar
  • baazr
  • bazarr
  • bazra
  • bazzar
  • bbazar
  • bzaar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bazar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abzar2baazr2bazarr1bazra2bazzar1bbazar1bzaar2
Edit distance from "bazar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bazar"?
"bazar" is spelled B-A-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.zaʁ\.
What does "bazar" mean?
As a noun, "bazar" means: Marché public, lieu destiné au commerce en Orient.
What words are commonly confused with "bazar"?
"bazar" is commonly confused with "bear", "bazin", "blazer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bazar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bazar" is \ba.zaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bazar" come from?
"bazar" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bazar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

badge#14,609bâtie#14,620caron#14,624agité#14,594

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

voirie7 variantsvegan7 variantsserve7 variantsdogme7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list