types
/taɪps/
"types" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“types” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,509
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of type
Corpus desk
Index EN-types · types · English
types · rank #1,509 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,509
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tree
Nearest frequency peer: tree (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “types”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- speech
speech
98,495 corpus weight
- traffic
traffic
98,494 corpus weight
- tree
tree
98,493 corpus weight
- types
types
98,492 corpus weight
- wearing
wearing
98,490 corpus weight
- who's
who's
98,489 corpus weight
What this shows “types” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | types |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /taɪps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “types”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around types (IPA /taɪps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,509 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of type".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for types, with forms such as "tpyes", "ttypes", and "tyeps". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tyre", "typo", "tyres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is types, spelled T-Y-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of type
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tpyes
- ttypes
- tyeps
- typess
- typpes
- typse
- tyypes
- ytpes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of types - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "types", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).