noun · #465
type, kind
Example: ¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?
What kind of music do you like?
Spanish → English
el tipo
el tipo is Spanish for type, kind.
What el tipo means
How common is it?
el tipo is ranked #465 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to el tipo — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el error — mistake
- la suerte de — the luck of
- la manera — way, manner
- el ejemplo claro — clear example
- la diferencia — difference
- el cambio — change
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22