# speer

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #42,912

## Definitions
1. to ask, to inquire

## Etymology
From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja.

## Easily confused with
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spr)
- **spur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spur)
- **spew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spew)
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-super)
- **spent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spent)
- **spend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spend)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-sweet)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-steel)
- **swear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-swear)
- **spell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spell)
- **steep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-steep)
- **sweep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-sweep)
- **sperm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-sperm)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-steer)
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spies)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spree)
- **spelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spelt)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-steed)
- **steen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-steen)
- **spiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spiel)

## Common misspellings (6)
`pseer`, `seper`, `speerr`, `sper`, `sppeer`, `sspeer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/speer