Socionics Type Comparisons

Side-by-side comparisons of Socionics type pairings, covering core differences, the intertype relation between the pair, how each type tends to experience the other, and where friction commonly arises. 57 of the 120 pairings are published so far.

The 120 total is each of the 16 types paired with the other 15, divided by two to remove duplicates. Pairing a type with itself is the Identity relation, which is covered in full on its own page.

57 of 120 pairings published · 13 intertype relations covered

All 120 pairs in one grid

Find one type down the left and the other along the top. Each cell says what the row type is to the column type, with the same labels as the relationship chart. Pairs with a published comparison are links with a gold outline, and both halves of the grid lead to the same page. The rest show the relation in plain text until their comparison is written.

Every pair of the 16 types. Each cell says what the row type is to the column type, and links to the pair's comparison where one is published.
ILELIIESESEIEIEIEISLELSISEEESILIEILIIEEEIILSESLI
ILE ILE with ILE: Identity, no comparison page ILE and LII: Mirror, comparison ILE and ESE: Activation, comparison ILE and SEI: Dual, comparison ILE is EIE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet ILE and IEI: Mirage, no comparison yet ILE and SLE: Business, comparison ILE is LSI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet ILE and SEE: Super-ego, comparison ILE and ESI: Conflict, comparison ILE and LIE: Quasi-identity, comparison ILE and ILI: Extinguishment, comparison ILE and IEE: Kindred, comparison ILE is EII's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet ILE is LSE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet ILE and SLI: Semi-dual, no comparison yet
LII LII and ILE: Mirror, comparison LII with LII: Identity, no comparison page LII and ESE: Dual, comparison LII and SEI: Activation, no comparison yet LII and EIE: Semi-dual, comparison LII is IEI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), comparison LII is SLE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet LII and LSI: Kindred, comparison LII and SEE: Conflict, no comparison yet LII and ESI: Super-ego, comparison LII and LIE: Extinguishment, comparison LII and ILI: Quasi-identity, comparison LII is IEE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet LII and EII: Business, comparison LII and LSE: Mirage, no comparison yet LII is SLI's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet
ESE ESE and ILE: Activation, comparison ESE and LII: Dual, comparison ESE with ESE: Identity, no comparison page ESE and SEI: Mirror, comparison ESE and EIE: Kindred, comparison ESE is IEI's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet ESE is SLE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet ESE and LSI: Semi-dual, no comparison yet ESE and SEE: Quasi-identity, comparison ESE and ESI: Extinguishment, no comparison yet ESE and LIE: Super-ego, no comparison yet ESE and ILI: Conflict, no comparison yet ESE is IEE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet ESE and EII: Mirage, no comparison yet ESE and LSE: Business, comparison ESE is SLI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet
SEI SEI and ILE: Dual, comparison SEI and LII: Activation, no comparison yet SEI and ESE: Mirror, comparison SEI with SEI: Identity, no comparison page SEI is EIE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet SEI and IEI: Business, comparison SEI and SLE: Mirage, comparison SEI is LSI's Benefactor (Benefaction), comparison SEI and SEE: Extinguishment, no comparison yet SEI and ESI: Quasi-identity, comparison SEI and LIE: Conflict, comparison SEI and ILI: Super-ego, no comparison yet SEI and IEE: Semi-dual, comparison SEI is EII's Beneficiary (Benefaction), comparison SEI is LSE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet SEI and SLI: Kindred, comparison
EIE EIE is ILE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet EIE and LII: Semi-dual, comparison EIE and ESE: Kindred, comparison EIE is SEI's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet EIE with EIE: Identity, no comparison page EIE and IEI: Mirror, no comparison yet EIE and SLE: Activation, no comparison yet EIE and LSI: Dual, comparison EIE is SEE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet EIE and ESI: Mirage, no comparison yet EIE and LIE: Business, no comparison yet EIE is ILI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet EIE and IEE: Quasi-identity, comparison EIE and EII: Extinguishment, no comparison yet EIE and LSE: Super-ego, no comparison yet EIE and SLI: Conflict, comparison
IEI IEI and ILE: Mirage, no comparison yet IEI is LII's Benefactor (Benefaction), comparison IEI is ESE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet IEI and SEI: Business, comparison IEI and EIE: Mirror, no comparison yet IEI with IEI: Identity, no comparison page IEI and SLE: Dual, comparison IEI and LSI: Activation, no comparison yet IEI and SEE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet IEI is ESI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), comparison IEI is LIE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet IEI and ILI: Kindred, comparison IEI and IEE: Extinguishment, comparison IEI and EII: Quasi-identity, comparison IEI and LSE: Conflict, comparison IEI and SLI: Super-ego, comparison
SLE SLE and ILE: Business, comparison SLE is LII's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet SLE is ESE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet SLE and SEI: Mirage, comparison SLE and EIE: Activation, no comparison yet SLE and IEI: Dual, comparison SLE with SLE: Identity, no comparison page SLE and LSI: Mirror, no comparison yet SLE and SEE: Kindred, comparison SLE is ESI's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet SLE is LIE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet SLE and ILI: Semi-dual, no comparison yet SLE and IEE: Super-ego, no comparison yet SLE and EII: Conflict, no comparison yet SLE and LSE: Quasi-identity, no comparison yet SLE and SLI: Extinguishment, no comparison yet
LSI LSI is ILE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet LSI and LII: Kindred, comparison LSI and ESE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet LSI is SEI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), comparison LSI and EIE: Dual, comparison LSI and IEI: Activation, no comparison yet LSI and SLE: Mirror, no comparison yet LSI with LSI: Identity, no comparison page LSI is SEE's Supervisor (Supervision), comparison LSI and ESI: Business, comparison LSI and LIE: Mirage, comparison LSI is ILI's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet LSI and IEE: Conflict, no comparison yet LSI and EII: Super-ego, no comparison yet LSI and LSE: Extinguishment, comparison LSI and SLI: Quasi-identity, comparison
SEE SEE and ILE: Super-ego, comparison SEE and LII: Conflict, no comparison yet SEE and ESE: Quasi-identity, comparison SEE and SEI: Extinguishment, no comparison yet SEE is EIE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet SEE and IEI: Semi-dual, no comparison yet SEE and SLE: Kindred, comparison SEE is LSI's Supervisee (Supervision), comparison SEE with SEE: Identity, no comparison page SEE and ESI: Mirror, comparison SEE and LIE: Activation, no comparison yet SEE and ILI: Dual, comparison SEE and IEE: Business, comparison SEE is EII's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet SEE is LSE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet SEE and SLI: Mirage, no comparison yet
ESI ESI and ILE: Conflict, comparison ESI and LII: Super-ego, comparison ESI and ESE: Extinguishment, no comparison yet ESI and SEI: Quasi-identity, comparison ESI and EIE: Mirage, no comparison yet ESI is IEI's Benefactor (Benefaction), comparison ESI is SLE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet ESI and LSI: Business, comparison ESI and SEE: Mirror, comparison ESI with ESI: Identity, no comparison page ESI and LIE: Dual, comparison ESI and ILI: Activation, comparison ESI is IEE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet ESI and EII: Kindred, comparison ESI and LSE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet ESI is SLI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet
LIE LIE and ILE: Quasi-identity, comparison LIE and LII: Extinguishment, comparison LIE and ESE: Super-ego, no comparison yet LIE and SEI: Conflict, comparison LIE and EIE: Business, no comparison yet LIE is IEI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet LIE is SLE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet LIE and LSI: Mirage, comparison LIE and SEE: Activation, no comparison yet LIE and ESI: Dual, comparison LIE with LIE: Identity, no comparison page LIE and ILI: Mirror, no comparison yet LIE is IEE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), comparison LIE and EII: Semi-dual, no comparison yet LIE and LSE: Kindred, no comparison yet LIE is SLI's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet
ILI ILI and ILE: Extinguishment, comparison ILI and LII: Quasi-identity, comparison ILI and ESE: Conflict, no comparison yet ILI and SEI: Super-ego, no comparison yet ILI is EIE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet ILI and IEI: Kindred, comparison ILI and SLE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet ILI is LSI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet ILI and SEE: Dual, comparison ILI and ESI: Activation, comparison ILI and LIE: Mirror, no comparison yet ILI with ILI: Identity, no comparison page ILI and IEE: Mirage, no comparison yet ILI is EII's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet ILI is LSE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet ILI and SLI: Business, comparison
IEE IEE and ILE: Kindred, comparison IEE is LII's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet IEE is ESE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet IEE and SEI: Semi-dual, comparison IEE and EIE: Quasi-identity, comparison IEE and IEI: Extinguishment, comparison IEE and SLE: Super-ego, no comparison yet IEE and LSI: Conflict, no comparison yet IEE and SEE: Business, comparison IEE is ESI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet IEE is LIE's Benefactor (Benefaction), comparison IEE and ILI: Mirage, no comparison yet IEE with IEE: Identity, no comparison page IEE and EII: Mirror, comparison IEE and LSE: Activation, no comparison yet IEE and SLI: Dual, comparison
EII EII is ILE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet EII and LII: Business, comparison EII and ESE: Mirage, no comparison yet EII is SEI's Benefactor (Benefaction), comparison EII and EIE: Extinguishment, no comparison yet EII and IEI: Quasi-identity, comparison EII and SLE: Conflict, no comparison yet EII and LSI: Super-ego, no comparison yet EII is SEE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet EII and ESI: Kindred, comparison EII and LIE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet EII is ILI's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet EII and IEE: Mirror, comparison EII with EII: Identity, no comparison page EII and LSE: Dual, comparison EII and SLI: Activation, no comparison yet
LSE LSE is ILE's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet LSE and LII: Mirage, no comparison yet LSE and ESE: Business, comparison LSE is SEI's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet LSE and EIE: Super-ego, no comparison yet LSE and IEI: Conflict, comparison LSE and SLE: Quasi-identity, no comparison yet LSE and LSI: Extinguishment, comparison LSE is SEE's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet LSE and ESI: Semi-dual, no comparison yet LSE and LIE: Kindred, no comparison yet LSE is ILI's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet LSE and IEE: Activation, no comparison yet LSE and EII: Dual, comparison LSE with LSE: Identity, no comparison page LSE and SLI: Mirror, comparison
SLI SLI and ILE: Semi-dual, no comparison yet SLI is LII's Beneficiary (Benefaction), no comparison yet SLI is ESE's Supervisee (Supervision), no comparison yet SLI and SEI: Kindred, comparison SLI and EIE: Conflict, comparison SLI and IEI: Super-ego, comparison SLI and SLE: Extinguishment, no comparison yet SLI and LSI: Quasi-identity, comparison SLI and SEE: Mirage, no comparison yet SLI is ESI's Benefactor (Benefaction), no comparison yet SLI is LIE's Supervisor (Supervision), no comparison yet SLI and ILI: Business, comparison SLI and IEE: Dual, comparison SLI and EII: Activation, no comparison yet SLI and LSE: Mirror, comparison SLI with SLI: Identity, no comparison page

Du Dual Ac Activation Mi Mirror Ki Kindred SD Semi-dual Bu Business QI Quasi-identity Mg Mirage Bf Benefactor Bn Beneficiary Sv Supervisor Su Supervisee SE Super-ego Ex Extinguishment Co Conflict

Pairs by quadra

Linked pairs are published. Pairs in grey with a dashed outline are not yet available.

Alpha quadra
ILE SEI ESE LII
ESE vs ILE ESE vs LII ESE vs SEI ILE vs LII ILE vs SEI LII vs SEI (not yet available)
Beta quadra
SLE IEI EIE LSI
EIE vs IEI (not yet available) EIE vs LSI EIE vs SLE (not yet available) IEI vs LSI (not yet available) IEI vs SLE LSI vs SLE (not yet available)
Gamma quadra
SEE ILI LIE ESI
ESI vs ILI ESI vs LIE ESI vs SEE ILI vs LIE (not yet available) ILI vs SEE LIE vs SEE (not yet available)
Delta quadra
IEE SLI LSE EII
EII vs IEE EII vs LSE EII vs SLI (not yet available) IEE vs LSE (not yet available) IEE vs SLI LSE vs SLI
Alpha × Beta 16 pairs
EIE vs ESE EIE vs ILE (not yet available) EIE vs LII EIE vs SEI (not yet available) ESE vs IEI (not yet available) ESE vs LSI (not yet available) ESE vs SLE (not yet available) IEI vs ILE (not yet available) IEI vs LII IEI vs SEI ILE vs LSI (not yet available) ILE vs SLE LII vs LSI LII vs SLE (not yet available) LSI vs SEI SEI vs SLE
Alpha × Gamma 16 pairs
ESE vs ESI (not yet available) ESE vs ILI (not yet available) ESE vs LIE (not yet available) ESE vs SEE ESI vs ILE ESI vs LII ESI vs SEI ILE vs ILI ILE vs LIE ILE vs SEE ILI vs LII ILI vs SEI (not yet available) LIE vs LII LIE vs SEI LII vs SEE (not yet available) SEE vs SEI (not yet available)
Alpha × Delta 16 pairs
EII vs ESE (not yet available) EII vs ILE (not yet available) EII vs LII EII vs SEI ESE vs IEE (not yet available) ESE vs LSE ESE vs SLI (not yet available) IEE vs ILE IEE vs LII (not yet available) IEE vs SEI ILE vs LSE (not yet available) ILE vs SLI (not yet available) LII vs LSE (not yet available) LII vs SLI (not yet available) LSE vs SEI (not yet available) SEI vs SLI
Beta × Gamma 16 pairs
EIE vs ESI (not yet available) EIE vs ILI (not yet available) EIE vs LIE (not yet available) EIE vs SEE (not yet available) ESI vs IEI ESI vs LSI ESI vs SLE (not yet available) IEI vs ILI IEI vs LIE (not yet available) IEI vs SEE (not yet available) ILI vs LSI (not yet available) ILI vs SLE (not yet available) LIE vs LSI LIE vs SLE (not yet available) LSI vs SEE SEE vs SLE
Beta × Delta 16 pairs
EIE vs EII (not yet available) EIE vs IEE EIE vs LSE (not yet available) EIE vs SLI EII vs IEI EII vs LSI (not yet available) EII vs SLE (not yet available) IEE vs IEI IEE vs LSI (not yet available) IEE vs SLE (not yet available) IEI vs LSE IEI vs SLI LSE vs LSI LSE vs SLE (not yet available) LSI vs SLI SLE vs SLI (not yet available)
Gamma × Delta 16 pairs
EII vs ESI EII vs ILI (not yet available) EII vs LIE (not yet available) EII vs SEE (not yet available) ESI vs IEE (not yet available) ESI vs LSE (not yet available) ESI vs SLI (not yet available) IEE vs ILI (not yet available) IEE vs LIE IEE vs SEE ILI vs LSE (not yet available) ILI vs SLI LIE vs LSE (not yet available) LIE vs SLI (not yet available) LSE vs SEE (not yet available) SEE vs SLI (not yet available)
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