diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/GridworksServlet.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/GridworksServlet.java
index f5d8f078d..8a5682ad9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/GridworksServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/GridworksServlet.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.recon.DiscardReconcileCommand;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.recon.JudgeOneCellCommand;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.recon.ReconcileCommand;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.util.GetExpressionLanguageInfoCommand;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.util.GuessTypesOfColumnCommand;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.util.PreviewExpressionCommand;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.util.PreviewProtographCommand;
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ public class GridworksServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		_commands.put("preview-expression", new PreviewExpressionCommand());
         _commands.put("get-expression-language-info", new GetExpressionLanguageInfoCommand());
         _commands.put("preview-protograph", new PreviewProtographCommand());
+        _commands.put("guess-types-of-column", new GuessTypesOfColumnCommand());
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/util/GuessTypesOfColumnCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/util/GuessTypesOfColumnCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffe52c39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/util/GuessTypesOfColumnCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+package com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONWriter;
+
+
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.Command;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.expr.ExpressionUtils;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Column;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Project;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Row;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.util.ParsingUtilities;
+
+public class GuessTypesOfColumnCommand extends Command {
+	
+	@Override
+	public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+			throws ServletException, IOException {
+		
+		try {
+			Project project = getProject(request);
+			String columnName = request.getParameter("columnName");
+			
+			JSONWriter writer = new JSONWriter(response.getWriter());
+			writer.object();
+			
+			Column column = project.columnModel.getColumnByName(columnName);
+			if (column == null) {
+				writer.key("code"); writer.value("error");
+				writer.key("message"); writer.value("No such column");
+			} else {
+				try {
+					writer.key("code"); writer.value("ok");
+					writer.key("types"); writer.array();
+					
+					List<TypeGroup> typeGroups = guessTypes(project, column);
+					for (TypeGroup tg : typeGroups) {
+						writer.object();
+						writer.key("id"); writer.value(tg.id);
+						writer.key("name"); writer.value(tg.name);
+						writer.endObject();
+					}
+					
+					writer.endArray();
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					writer.key("code"); writer.value("error");
+				}
+			}
+			
+			writer.endObject();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			respondException(response, e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected List<TypeGroup> guessTypes(Project project, Column column) {
+		Map<String, TypeGroup> map = new HashMap<String, TypeGroup>();
+		
+		int cellIndex = column.getCellIndex();
+		
+		List<String> samples = new ArrayList<String>(10);
+		for (Row row : project.rows) {
+			Object value = row.getCellValue(cellIndex);
+			if (!ExpressionUtils.isBlank(value)) {
+				samples.add(value.toString());
+				if (samples.size() >= 10) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+			JSONWriter jsonWriter = new JSONWriter(stringWriter);
+			
+			jsonWriter.object();
+			for (int i = 0; i < samples.size(); i++) {
+				jsonWriter.key("q" + i + ":search");
+				jsonWriter.object();
+				
+				jsonWriter.key("query"); jsonWriter.value(samples.get(i));
+				jsonWriter.key("limit"); jsonWriter.value(3);
+				jsonWriter.key("type_exclude"); jsonWriter.value("/common/image");
+				jsonWriter.key("domain_exclude"); jsonWriter.value("/freebase");
+				
+				jsonWriter.endObject();
+			}
+			jsonWriter.endObject();
+			
+			StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+			sb.append("http://api.freebase.com/api/service/search?indent=1&queries=");
+			sb.append(ParsingUtilities.encode(stringWriter.toString()));
+			
+			URL url = new URL(sb.toString());
+			URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
+			connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
+			connection.connect();
+			
+			InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
+			try {
+				String s = ParsingUtilities.inputStreamToString(is);
+				JSONObject o = ParsingUtilities.evaluateJsonStringToObject(s);
+				
+				for (int i = 0; i < samples.size(); i++) {
+					String key = "q" + i + ":search";
+					if (!o.has(key)) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					JSONObject o2 = o.getJSONObject(key);
+					if (!(o2.has("result"))) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					JSONArray results = o2.getJSONArray("result");
+					int count = results.length();
+					
+					for (int j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+						JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(j);
+						double score = result.getDouble("relevance:score");
+						
+						JSONArray types = result.getJSONArray("type");
+						int typeCount = types.length();
+						
+						for (int t = 0; t < typeCount; t++) {
+							JSONObject type = types.getJSONObject(t);
+							String id = type.getString("id");
+							if (id.equals("/common/topic") ||
+								(id.startsWith("/base/") && id.endsWith("/topic")) ||
+								id.startsWith("/user/")
+							) {
+								continue;
+							}
+							
+							if (map.containsKey(id)) {
+								map.get(id).score += score;
+							} else {
+								map.put(id, new TypeGroup(id, type.getString("name"), score));
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} finally {
+				is.close();
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		List<TypeGroup> types = new ArrayList<TypeGroup>(map.values());
+		Collections.sort(types, new Comparator<TypeGroup>() {
+			public int compare(TypeGroup o1, TypeGroup o2) {
+				return (int) Math.signum(o2.score - o1.score);
+			}
+		});
+		
+		return types;
+	}
+	
+	static protected class TypeGroup {
+		String id;
+		String name;
+		double score;
+		
+		TypeGroup(String id, String name, double score) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+			this.score = score;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-column-header-ui.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-column-header-ui.js
index 255d71246..a4b51b2f7 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-column-header-ui.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-column-header-ui.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ DataTableColumnHeaderUI.prototype._createMenuForColumnHeader = function(elmt) {
                     label: "Start Reconciling ...",
                     tooltip: "Reconcile text in this column with topics on Freebase",
                     click: function() {
-                        new ReconDialog(self._column);
+                        self._doReconcile();
                     }
                 },
                 {},
@@ -375,6 +375,19 @@ DataTableColumnHeaderUI.prototype._doTextTransformPrompt = function() {
     );
 };
 
+DataTableColumnHeaderUI.prototype._doReconcile = function() {
+    var self = this;
+    $.post(
+        "/command/guess-types-of-column?" + $.param({ project: theProject.id, columnName: this._column.headerLabel }), 
+        null,
+        function(data) {
+            new ReconDialog(self._column, data.code == "ok" ? data.types : []);
+        },
+        "json"
+    );
+
+};
+
 DataTableColumnHeaderUI.prototype._doDiscardReconResults = function() {
     this._dataTableView.doPostThenUpdate(
         "discard-reconcile",
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/recon-dialog.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/recon-dialog.js
index ce0b0b85c..d102aee4c 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/recon-dialog.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/recon-dialog.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-function ReconDialog(column) {
+function ReconDialog(column, types) {
     this._column = column;
+    this._types = types;
     this._createDialog();
 }
 
@@ -14,26 +15,58 @@ ReconDialog.prototype._createDialog = function() {
     
     $('<p></p>').text("Reconcile cell values to topics of type:").appendTo(body);
     
+    if (this._types.length > 0) {
+        var createTypeChoice = function(type) {
+            var div = $('<div>').appendTo(body);
+            $('<input type="radio" name="recon-dialog-type-choice">')
+                .attr("value", type.id)
+                .appendTo(div);
+                
+            $('<span></span>').text(" " + type.name).appendTo(div);
+            $('<span></span>').text(" (" + type.id + ")").appendTo(div);
+        };
+        for (var i = 0; i < this._types.length && i < 7; i++) {
+            createTypeChoice(this._types[i]);
+        }
+        
+        var divCustom = $('<div>').appendTo(body);
+        $('<input type="radio" name="recon-dialog-type-choice">')
+            .attr("value", "")
+            .appendTo(divCustom);
+            
+        $('<span></span>').text(" Other:").appendTo(divCustom);
+    }
+    
     var type = null;
     var input = $('<input />').appendTo($('<p></p>').appendTo(body));
     input.suggest({ type : '/type/type' }).bind("fb-select", function(e, data) {
         type = data.id;
+        $('input[name="recon-dialog-type-choice"][value=""]').attr("checked", "true");
     });
     
     $('<button></button>').text("Start Reconciling").click(function() {
-        DialogSystem.dismissUntil(level - 1);
-        $.post(
-            "/command/reconcile?" + $.param({ project: theProject.id, columnName: self._column.headerLabel, type: type }), 
-            { engine: JSON.stringify(ui.browsingEngine.getJSON()) },
-            function(data) {
-                if (data.code != "error") {
-                    ui.processWidget.update();
-                } else {
-                    alert(data.message);
-                }
-            },
-            "json"
-        );
+        var choices = $('input[name="recon-dialog-type-choice"]:checked');
+        if (choices != null && choices.length > 0 && choices[0].value != "") {
+            type = choices[0].value;
+        }
+        
+        if (type == null)  {
+            alert("Please specify a type.");
+        } else {
+            DialogSystem.dismissUntil(level - 1);
+            $.post(
+                "/command/reconcile?" + $.param({ project: theProject.id, columnName: self._column.headerLabel, type: type }), 
+                { engine: JSON.stringify(ui.browsingEngine.getJSON()) },
+                function(data) {
+                    if (data.code != "error") {
+                        ui.processWidget.update();
+                    } else {
+                        alert(data.message);
+                    }
+                },
+                "json"
+            );
+        }
     }).appendTo(footer);
     
     $('<button></button>').text("Cancel").click(function() {
@@ -44,3 +77,4 @@ ReconDialog.prototype._createDialog = function() {
     
     input[0].focus();
 };
+