referrer
noun
referrer is a noun meaning “A person who refers another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-E-R-R-E-R, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of referrer is referrers.
What does referrer mean?
noun
- 1
A person who refers another.
- 2
The URL from which a user agent was referred to another URL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of referrer
- referrers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is referrer?
Referrer appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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).
Referrer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who refers another:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | recommandataire |
| German | Referrer |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does referrer come from?
From refer + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).