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referer

/ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/noun

referer is a noun meaning “Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-R, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of referer is referers.

What does referer mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”).

Usage

Wiktionary also records referer as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce referer?

  • /ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of referer

  • referers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is referer?

Referer appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).