diff --git a/src/helpers/channels/delete_channel.ts b/src/helpers/channels/delete_channel.ts
index 9a805b2bb..8510207d7 100644
--- a/src/helpers/channels/delete_channel.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/channels/delete_channel.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { cacheHandlers } from "../../cache.ts";
 import { rest } from "../../rest/rest.ts";
 import { Errors } from "../../types/discordeno/errors.ts";
-import { ChannelTypes } from "../../types/channels/channel_types.ts";
 import { endpoints } from "../../util/constants.ts";
 import { requireBotGuildPermissions } from "../../util/permissions.ts";
 
@@ -14,14 +13,7 @@ export async function deleteChannel(channelId: bigint, reason?: string) {
     if (!guild) throw new Error(Errors.GUILD_NOT_FOUND);
 
     // TODO(threads): check if this requires guild perms or channel is enough
-    await requireBotGuildPermissions(
-      guild,
-      [ChannelTypes.GuildNewsThread, ChannelTypes.GuildPivateThread, ChannelTypes.GuildPublicThread].includes(
-        channel.type
-      )
-        ? ["MANAGE_THREADS"]
-        : ["MANAGE_CHANNELS"]
-    );
+    await requireBotGuildPermissions(guild, channel.isThreadChannel ? ["MANAGE_THREADS"] : ["MANAGE_CHANNELS"]);
     if (guild.rulesChannelId === channelId) {
       throw new Error(Errors.RULES_CHANNEL_CANNOT_BE_DELETED);
     }
diff --git a/src/helpers/channels/edit_channel.ts b/src/helpers/channels/edit_channel.ts
index 0d61d4574..5cd8befb4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/channels/edit_channel.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/channels/edit_channel.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { rest } from "../../rest/rest.ts";
 import type { DiscordenoChannel } from "../../structures/channel.ts";
 import { structures } from "../../structures/mod.ts";
 import type { Channel } from "../../types/channels/channel.ts";
-import { DiscordChannelTypes } from "../../types/channels/channel_types.ts";
 import type { ModifyChannel } from "../../types/channels/modify_channel.ts";
 import type { ModifyThread } from "../../types/channels/threads/modify_thread.ts";
 import type { PermissionStrings } from "../../types/permissions/permission_strings.ts";
@@ -19,13 +18,7 @@ export async function editChannel(channelId: bigint, options: ModifyChannel | Mo
   const channel = await cacheHandlers.get("channels", channelId);
 
   if (channel) {
-    if (
-      [
-        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNewsThread,
-        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPivateThread,
-        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPublicThread,
-      ].includes(channel.type)
-    ) {
+    if (channel.isThreadChannel) {
       const permissions = new Set<PermissionStrings>();
 
       if (hasOwnProperty(options, "archive") && options.archive === false) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/channels/start_typing.ts b/src/helpers/channels/start_typing.ts
index 173a73f3b..5fd7a922e 100644
--- a/src/helpers/channels/start_typing.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/channels/start_typing.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function startTyping(channelId: bigint) {
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNews,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildText,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNewsThread,
-        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPivateThread,
+        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPrivateThread,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPublicThread,
       ].includes(channel.type)
     ) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/send_message.ts b/src/helpers/messages/send_message.ts
index 590573b51..d45d4a7ad 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/send_message.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/send_message.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function sendMessage(channelId: bigint, content: string | CreateMes
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNews,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildText,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPublicThread,
-        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPivateThread,
+        DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPrivateThread,
         DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNewsThread,
       ].includes(channel.type)
     ) {
diff --git a/src/structures/channel.ts b/src/structures/channel.ts
index c7fb45fff..4797ee424 100644
--- a/src/structures/channel.ts
+++ b/src/structures/channel.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ const baseChannel: Partial<DiscordenoChannel> = {
   get isGuildTextBasedChannel() {
     return [DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNews, DiscordChannelTypes.GuildText].includes(this.type!);
   },
+  get isThreadChannel() {
+    return [
+      DiscordChannelTypes.GuildNewsThread,
+      DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPrivateThread,
+      DiscordChannelTypes.GuildPublicThread,
+    ].includes(this.type!);
+  },
   send(content) {
     return sendMessage(this.id!, content);
   },
@@ -195,6 +202,8 @@ export interface DiscordenoChannel
   isNewsChannel: boolean;
   /** Whether the channel is a news or text channel in a guild. */
   isGuildTextBasedChannel: boolean;
+  /** Whether the channel is a thread type channel. */
+  isThreadChannel: boolean;
 
   // METHODS