tipo
[ˈt̪ipo]
The verdict
“tipo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #187 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento real o ideal que representa una clase o categoría.
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 | tipo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ipo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tipo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tipo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ipo]. Corpus data places it at rank #187 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tipo, with forms such as "itpo", "tiop", and "tippo". 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, "to", "top", "too", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is tipo, spelled T-I-P-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento real o ideal que representa una clase o categoría.
- 2Pieza utilizada en las imprentas que representa un carácter o glifo.
- 3Cada una de las clases de una letra de imprenta.
- 4Aspecto de una persona.
- 5En taxonomía, ejemplar de un ser vivo o de su actividad sobre el que se ha realizado la descripción científica del mismo y que, de ese modo, valida la publicación del nombre científico de su taxón (sea la especie, el género, la familia, etc).
- 6En las actuaciones de las chirigotas de los carnavales de Cádiz, baile con percusión que se suele hacer entre dos temas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itpo,tiop,tippo,tpio,ttipo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tipo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tipo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ipo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “to” - see the side-by-side comparison. tipo vs to
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.