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referer

/ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/

referer is the misspelling of referrer.

referer is the alternative form of referrer.

Meaning of referrer

Noun

referrer (plural referrers)

  1. A person who refers another.
  2. (Internet) The URL from which a user agent was referred to another URL.

Forms of referer

pluralreferers

Words formed from referer

Questions about referer

What is referer the misspelling of?
Referer is the misspelling of referrer.
How do you pronounce referer?
Referer is pronounced /ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/.

Words near referer in the dictionary

  1. referentiation
  2. referentiations
  3. referentless
  4. referentlessness
  5. referents
  6. referer
  7. referers
  8. refering
  9. referment
  10. refermentation
  11. refermentations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: referer (page history and authors); referrer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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