type
/taɪp/
"type" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“type” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #546
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
Corpus desk
Index EN-type · type · English
type · rank #546 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #546
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH program
Nearest frequency peer: program (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “type”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- London
London
99,458 corpus weight
- meet
meet
99,457 corpus weight
- program
program
99,456 corpus weight
- type
type
99,455 corpus weight
- baby
baby
99,454 corpus weight
- chance
chance
99,453 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “type” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /taɪp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “type” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around type (IPA /taɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #546 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 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". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tyr", "tyre", "typo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”). The correct English form is type, spelled T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
- 2An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
- 3An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
- 4A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
- 5A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
- 6Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
- 7Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
- 8A blood group.
- 9A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
- 10An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
- 11A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations.
- 12The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
- 13A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
- 14A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
- 15A symbol, emblem, or example of something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how type appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
Etymology
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”).
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 - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "type" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Tyr". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #546 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.