Analysis of asymmetric Raman line shape disclosed the variation of phonon correlation length in A 1 (3TO) mode, L A1(3TO) , with temperature in the ceramics of BaTiO 3 (BT), Ba 0.6 Sr 0.4 TiO 3 (BST-0.6) and BaZr 0.25 Ti 0.75 O 3 (BZT-0.25), namely normal ferroelectrics, ferroelectrics with diffuse phase transition (DPT ferroelectrics) and relaxor ferroelectrics, respectively. In BT, L A1(3TO) exhibited steep increase at the Curie temperature (T c ) on cooling. This is attributed to the formation of the ferroelectric domains at the T c . Both BST-0.6 and BZT-0.25 showed gradual increase in L A1(3TO) on cooling across the dielectric maximum temperature (T m ), indicating the continuous increase in the average size of the polar nanoregions (PNRs). Normal ferroelectrics can be distinguished from DPT and relaxor ferroelectrics in this point. L A1(3TO) of BZT-0.25 was longer than that of BST-0.6 near the T m . This suggests the size of PNRs in BZT-0.25 is larger than that in BST-0.6. Huge dipole polarization of BZT-0.25, giving rise to the strong relaxor behavior, could be originated from the contribution of the large PNRs near the T m . DPT ferroelectrics can be also differentiated from relaxor ferroelectrics in terms of the average size of PNRs.