Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

referer

/ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: ref-er-er
IPA: /ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Misspelling of referrer.

noun

Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”).

Example Sentences

"The Referer field must not be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard."
"If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail"
"The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one."
"The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript."

Inflected Forms

referers (plural)

Derived Forms

refback

Questions

How do you pronounce referer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/.
What does referer mean?: Misspelling of referrer.

How to pronounce referer

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