Sorry, I’m not an English native. But if you write a plugin, you should know the declaration.
Thanks for Wiki-referral. If you read more as the heading, you will find your own answer.
“The HTTP referer (originally a misspelling of referrer) is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the web page”
“The misspelling of referrer originated in the original proposal by computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker to incorporate the field into the HTTP specification”
“Referer Spam” = 14K google results
“Referrer Spam” = 84K google results
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/refer
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/referred
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/referring
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/referral