Which to use
“type” and “types” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #394
- “type” frequency rank
- #1,687
- “types” frequency rank
- 2081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | type | types |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle, figure originale que l’on considère comme l’empreinte ou reflet d’un concept. | Pluriel de type. |
Same sound, different letters: type vs types
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - type and types
This is the hard kind. type and types are pronounced identically (\tip\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “type” sits inside “types”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
type is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as anoun, pronounced \tip\. types is at rank #1,687, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tip\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 2081, this pair ranks #436,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of type vs types
Shared letters: epty. Private to "type": -. Private to "types": s.
"type" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "types" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "type" and "types" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "type" vs "types" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"type" and "types" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "type" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "types" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "type" and "types" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "takes vs types". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #436,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.