Which to use
“typed” is an adjective and “typos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,658
- “typed” frequency rank
- #28,770
- “typos” frequency rank
- 43428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | typed | typos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Typewritten. | plural of typo |
Letter map: typed vs typos
Shared letters muted; letters that set typed and typos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. typed and typos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: typed vs typos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: typed is anadjective and typosanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
typed is recorded at frequency rank #14,658, classified as anadj. typos is at rank #28,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtaɪ.pəʊz/.
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 43428, this pair ranks #240,064 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of typed vs typos
Shared letters: pty. Private to "typed": de. Private to "typos": os.
"typed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "typos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "typed" for "typos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "typed" vs "typos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "typed" vs "typos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "typed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "typos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,064 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "typed" and "typos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "typist vs typos". 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 #240,064 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.