bazaar
/bəˈzɑɹ/
noun
Familiar
1.n.a shop where a variety of goods are sold
2.n.a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
3.n.a sale of miscellany; often for charity
“the church bazaar”
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bazaar and bizarre are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. bazaar means “a shop where a variety of goods are sold”. bizarre means “conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual”. bizarre is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/bəˈzɑɹ/
1.n.a shop where a variety of goods are sold
2.n.a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
3.n.a sale of miscellany; often for charity
“the church bazaar”
/bəˈzɑɹ/
| bazaar | bizarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /bəˈzɑɹ/ | /bəˈzɑɹ/ |
| Said | buh-ZAHR | buh-ZAHR |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 6 | 7 |
| Parts of speech | noun | adjective |
| Senses | 3 | 1 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | bazar | eccentric, freakish, freaky |
Full entry for bazaar · Full entry for bizarre · More comparisons
1.adj.conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
“restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”