type

/\tip\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#394

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

type is aFrenchnoun. It means: Modèle, figure originale que l’on considère comme l’empreinte ou reflet d’un concept. Pronounced \tip\. It ranks #394 in French word frequency. Often confused with Tyr and typo.

Key facts for type
PropertyValue
Headwordtype
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tip\
Letters4
Frequency rank#394
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of type in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for type is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tip\. Corpus data places it at rank #394 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for type, with forms such as "tpye", "ttype", and "tyep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tyr", "typo", "types", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is type, spelled T-Y-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Modèle, figure originale que l’on considère comme l’empreinte ou reflet d’un concept.
  2. 2
    Modèle idéal déterminant la forme d’une série d’objets.
  3. 3
    Objet fixé dans ses caractères essentiels pour servir de modèle à la production.
  4. 4
    Pièce portant une empreinte destinée à reproduire d’autres pièces semblables.
  5. 5
    Spécimen de référence, individu conservé ou tout matériel original ayant servi à la taxonomie, attaché à un nom scientifique, à partir duquel une espèce a été décrite et publiée.
  6. 6
    Ensemble des traits généraux qui caractérisent un genre d’êtres ou de choses.
  7. 7
    Personne en qui se retrouve tous ces traits caractéristiques.
  8. 8
    Personnage masculin quelconque ; quidam (masculin).
  9. 9
    Ce qui, dans l’Ancien Testament, est regardé comme la figure, le symbole des mystères de la loi nouvelle.
  10. 10
    Figure empreinte sur une médaille.
  11. 11
    Caractère d’imprimerie.
  12. 12
    Modèle de caractère d’imprimerie.
  13. 13
    Genre de contenu de donnée (constante ou variable), définissant les opérations pouvant être effectuées sur celle-ci. Ou genre de contenu de donnée produit par une expression ou une fonction (voir codomaine).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tpye,ttype,tyep,typpe,tyype,ytpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for type

Misspelling Variants of "type"

tpye4ttype5tyep4typpe5tyype5ytpe4
Misspelling Variants of "type"

Frequency rank: #394 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "type"?
"type" is spelled T-Y-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tip\.
What does "type" mean?
As a noun, "type" means: Modèle, figure originale que l’on considère comme l’empreinte ou reflet d’un concept.
What words are commonly confused with "type"?
"type" is commonly confused with "Tyr", "typo", "types". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "type"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "type" is \tip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "type" come from?
"type" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.