diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de48d97..2f268cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10463d9ff00a2a068db14231982f5132edebad0d7660cd956a1c30292dbcbfbd"
+checksum = "0a1e17342619edbc21a964c2afbeb6c820c6a2560032872f397bb97ea127bd0a"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "bstr",
@@ -1541,6 +1541,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "difflib",
  "encoding",
  "env_logger",
+ "globset",
  "human-panic",
  "ignore",
  "itertools",
@@ -1551,6 +1552,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-exit",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "thread_local",
  "toml_edit",
  "trycmd",
  "typed-arena",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e70a51..e3a6d77 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ typed-arena = "2.0.1"
 maplit = "1.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1.9"
 unic-emoji-char = "0.9.0"
+thread_local = "1.1.4"
+globset = "0.4.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_fs = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs b/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
index 171a73e..aaf8fcf 100644
--- a/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
@@ -131,13 +131,8 @@ fn run_type_list(args: &args::Args) -> proc_exit::ExitResult {
 
     let stdout = std::io::stdout();
     let mut handle = stdout.lock();
-    for def in definitions {
-        writeln!(
-            handle,
-            "{}: {}",
-            def.name(),
-            itertools::join(def.globs(), ", ")
-        )?;
+    for (name, globs) in definitions {
+        writeln!(handle, "{}: {}", name, itertools::join(globs, ", "))?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/file_type.rs b/src/file_type.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b044bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file_type.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use kstring::KString;
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct TypesBuilder {
+    definitions: BTreeMap<KString, Vec<KString>>,
+}
+
+impl TypesBuilder {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Default::default()
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_defaults(&mut self) {
+        self.definitions.extend(
+            crate::default_types::DEFAULT_TYPES
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(name, glob)| {
+                    let name = KString::from(*name);
+                    let globs = glob.iter().map(|s| KString::from(*s)).collect();
+                    (name, globs)
+                }),
+        );
+    }
+
+    pub fn contains_name(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
+        self.definitions.contains_key(name)
+    }
+
+    pub fn add(&mut self, name: impl Into<KString>, glob: impl Into<KString>) {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let glob = glob.into();
+        self.definitions.entry(name).or_default().push(glob);
+    }
+
+    pub fn build(self) -> Result<Types, anyhow::Error> {
+        let mut definitions = self
+            .definitions
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|(name, globs)| {
+                globs.iter().map(move |glob| {
+                    let sort = sort_key(glob);
+                    (sort, name, glob)
+                })
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        definitions.sort();
+
+        let mut glob_to_name = Vec::new();
+        let mut build_set = globset::GlobSetBuilder::new();
+        for (_, name, glob) in definitions {
+            glob_to_name.push(name.clone());
+            build_set.add(
+                globset::GlobBuilder::new(glob)
+                    .literal_separator(true)
+                    .build()?,
+            );
+        }
+        let set = build_set.build()?;
+
+        Ok(Types {
+            definitions: self.definitions,
+            glob_to_name,
+            set,
+            matches: std::sync::Arc::new(thread_local::ThreadLocal::default()),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn sort_key(glob: &str) -> Vec<GlobPart<'_>> {
+    let mut key = glob
+        .split('.')
+        .map(|s| {
+            if s == "*" {
+                GlobPart::Wild(s)
+            } else if s.contains('*') {
+                GlobPart::PartialWild(s)
+            } else {
+                GlobPart::Literalish(s)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    key.reverse();
+    key
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+enum GlobPart<'s> {
+    Wild(&'s str),
+    PartialWild(&'s str),
+    Literalish(&'s str),
+}
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Types {
+    definitions: BTreeMap<KString, Vec<KString>>,
+    glob_to_name: Vec<KString>,
+    set: globset::GlobSet,
+    /// Temporary storage for globs that match.
+    matches: std::sync::Arc<thread_local::ThreadLocal<std::cell::RefCell<Vec<usize>>>>,
+}
+
+impl Types {
+    pub fn definitions(&self) -> &BTreeMap<KString, Vec<KString>> {
+        &self.definitions
+    }
+
+    pub fn file_matched(&self, path: &std::path::Path) -> Option<&str> {
+        let file_name = path.file_name()?;
+        let mut matches = self.matches.get_or_default().borrow_mut();
+        self.set.matches_into(file_name, &mut *matches);
+        matches
+            .last()
+            .copied()
+            .map(|i| self.glob_to_name[i].as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    macro_rules! matched {
+        ($name:ident, $types:expr, $path:expr, $matched:expr) => {
+            #[test]
+            fn $name() {
+                let mut btypes = TypesBuilder::new();
+                for (name, globs) in $types {
+                    for glob in *globs {
+                        btypes.add(*name, *glob);
+                    }
+                }
+                let types = btypes.build().unwrap();
+                let actual = types.file_matched(std::path::Path::new($path));
+                let expected: Option<&str> = $matched.into();
+                assert_eq!(expected, actual, "{}", $path);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn types() -> &'static [(&'static str, &'static [&'static str])] {
+        &[
+            ("html", &["*.html", "*.htm"]),
+            ("js", &["*.js"]),
+            ("json", &["*.json"]),
+            ("lock", &["package-lock.json", "*.lock"]),
+        ]
+    }
+
+    matched!(basic_match, types(), "leftpad.js", "js");
+    matched!(multi_def_1, types(), "index.html", "html");
+    matched!(multi_def_2, types(), "index.htm", "html");
+    matched!(no_match, types(), "leftpad.ada", None);
+    matched!(more_specific, types(), "package-lock.json", "lock");
+
+    macro_rules! sort {
+        ($name:ident, $actual:expr, $expected:expr) => {
+            #[test]
+            fn $name() {
+                let expected = $expected.into_iter().collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+
+                let mut actual = $actual.into_iter().collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+                actual.sort_by_key(|s| sort_key(s));
+
+                assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    sort!(literal_sort, ["b", "c", "a"], ["a", "b", "c"]);
+    sort!(
+        basic_glob_sort,
+        ["a_specific", "z_partial*"],
+        ["z_partial*", "a_specific"]
+    );
+    sort!(
+        nested_glob_sort,
+        ["a.specific", "z*.partial", "z.partial*"],
+        ["z.partial*", "z*.partial", "a.specific"]
+    );
+    sort!(most_specific, ["*.txt.in", "*.in"], ["*.in", "*.txt.in"]);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c836c0d..4437e2d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ pub mod policy;
 pub mod report;
 
 mod default_types;
+mod file_type;
diff --git a/src/policy.rs b/src/policy.rs
index 9fe71ad..42948db 100644
--- a/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/policy.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ impl<'s> ConfigEngine<'s> {
         self.get_walk(dir)
     }
 
-    pub fn file_types(&self, cwd: &std::path::Path) -> &[ignore::types::FileTypeDef] {
+    pub fn file_types(
+        &self,
+        cwd: &std::path::Path,
+    ) -> &std::collections::BTreeMap<kstring::KString, Vec<kstring::KString>> {
         debug_assert!(cwd.is_absolute(), "{} is not absolute", cwd.display());
         let dir = self
             .configs
@@ -176,25 +179,17 @@ impl<'s> ConfigEngine<'s> {
 
         let walk = self.walk.intern(files);
 
-        let mut type_matcher = ignore::types::TypesBuilder::new();
-        for &(name, exts) in crate::default_types::DEFAULT_TYPES {
-            for ext in exts {
-                type_matcher.add(name, ext).expect("all defaults are valid");
-            }
-        }
+        let mut type_matcher = crate::file_type::TypesBuilder::new();
+        type_matcher.add_defaults();
         let mut types: std::collections::HashMap<_, _> = Default::default();
         for (type_name, type_engine) in type_.patterns() {
             if type_engine.extend_glob.is_empty() {
-                if type_matcher
-                    .definitions()
-                    .iter()
-                    .all(|def| def.name() != type_name.as_str())
-                {
+                if !type_matcher.contains_name(&type_name) {
                     anyhow::bail!("Unknown type definition `{}`, pass `--type-list` to see valid names or set `extend_glob` to add a new one.", type_name);
                 }
             } else {
                 for glob in type_engine.extend_glob.iter() {
-                    type_matcher.add(type_name.as_str(), glob.as_str())?;
+                    type_matcher.add(type_name.as_ref(), glob.as_ref());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -208,8 +203,6 @@ impl<'s> ConfigEngine<'s> {
         default.update(&overrides);
         let default = self.init_file_config(default);
 
-        type_matcher.select("all");
-
         let dir = DirConfig {
             walk,
             default,
@@ -302,16 +295,12 @@ struct DirConfig {
     walk: usize,
     default: FileConfig,
     types: std::collections::HashMap<kstring::KString, FileConfig>,
-    type_matcher: ignore::types::Types,
+    type_matcher: crate::file_type::Types,
 }
 
 impl DirConfig {
     fn get_file_config(&self, path: &std::path::Path) -> FileConfig {
-        let match_ = self.type_matcher.matched(path, false);
-        let name = match_
-            .inner()
-            .and_then(|g| g.file_type_def())
-            .map(|f| f.name());
+        let name = self.type_matcher.file_matched(path);
 
         name.and_then(|name| {
             log::debug!("{}: `{}` policy", path.display(), name);