# surfer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19,711

## Definitions
1. A person who rides a surfboard.
2. A person who surfs the Internet.
3. A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).

## Etymology
From surf + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **surge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-surge)
- **survey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-survey)
- **Surrey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-surrey)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-sutter)
- **surged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-surged)
- **surgery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surfer-vs-surgery)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sure-vs-surfer)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surf-vs-surfer)
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/super-vs-surfer)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summer-vs-surfer)
- **server** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/server-vs-surfer)
- **suffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suffer-vs-surfer)
- **supper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-surfer)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucker-vs-surfer)
- **sulfur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulfur-vs-surfer)
- **Sumner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumner-vs-surfer)
- **Sumter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-surfer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`srufer`, `ssurfer`, `sufrer`, `surefr`, `surferr`, `surffer`, `surfre`, `surrfer`, `usrfer`

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