Which to use
“typed” is an adjective and “types” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,658
- “typed” frequency rank
- #1,509
- “types” frequency rank
- 16167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | typed | types |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Typewritten. | plural of type |
Letter map: typed vs types
Shared letters muted; letters that set typed and types apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for typed / types
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: typed is anadjective and typesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “typed” becomes s in “types”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
typed is recorded at frequency rank #14,658, classified as anadj. types is at rank #1,509, tagged as anoun, pronounced /taɪps/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 16167, this pair ranks #459,470 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of typed vs types
Shared letters: epty. Private to "typed": d. Private to "types": s.
"typed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "types" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "typed" and "types" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "typed" vs "types" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "typed" and "types".
- Full dictionary entry for "typed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "types" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #459,470 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "typed" and "types" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tepid vs typed". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #459,470 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.