Type
[ˈtyːpə]
The verdict
“Type” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,042
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einzelnes Element einer Schriftart
Corpus desk
Index DE-type · Type · German
Type · rank #13,042 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,042
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tokyo
Nearest frequency peer: Tokyo (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Type“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- tiefsten
tiefsten
86,962 corpus weight
- Titelvertei…
Titelverteidiger
86,961 corpus weight
- Tokyo
Tokyo
86,960 corpus weight
- Type
Type
86,959 corpus weight
- Unfähigkeit
Unfähigkeit
86,958 corpus weight
- ungeheuer
ungeheuer
86,957 corpus weight
What this shows „Type“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Type |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtyːpə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Type“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Type (IPA [ˈtyːpə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,042 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Type, with forms such as "tpye", "ttype", and "tyep". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Typs", "Typen", "Typus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Type, spelled T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1einzelnes Element einer Schriftart
- 2Person mit typischen Merkmalen, auffällige Person
- 3Maß für den Mineralstoffgehalt des Mehles
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Type appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So kann ich den Brief nicht abschicken, ich muss wohl die Typen reinigen und ihn noch mal tippen.
„Diese Schreiben mit ihren schöngedruckten Anlagen kamen fertig aus einer Druckerei, der Werbebrief selbst war mit einer Type täuschend ähnlich einer Schreibmaschinenschrift gedruckt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tpye
- ttype
- tyep
- typpe
- tyype
- ytpe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Type - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Type", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).