filetype
noun, verb
filetype is a noun meaning “An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-E-T-Y-P-E, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of filetype is filetypes.
What does filetype mean?
noun
- 1
An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.
verb
- 1
To assign a type to a file.
This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of filetype
- filetypes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- filetyping participle, present
- filetyped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is filetype?
Filetype appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Filetype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense identifier:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Dateityp, Filetyp |
| Portuguese | tipo de arquivo, tipo de ficheiro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does filetype come from?
From file + type.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).