# transfer

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/ · frequency rank #1,971

## Definitions
1. To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
2. To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
3. To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
4. To be or become transferred.
5. To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
6. To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

## Etymology
From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

## Easily confused with
- **transform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transfer-vs-transform)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtansfer`, `tarnsfer`, `tranfser`, `trannsfer`, `transefr`, `transferr`, `transffer`, `transfre`, `transsfer`, `trasnfer`, `trnasfer`, `trransfer`, `ttransfer`

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