Event type identification method and device

The invention discloses an event type identification method and device. Event type word sets corresponding to preset event types are obtained, and one event type word set comprises event type words corresponding to the same event type; an event type word matched with the to-be-identified event content is determined in the event type word set, and a preset event type corresponding to the matched event type word is determined as a temporary event type of the to-be-identified event content; a frequent word sequence corresponding to the temporary event type is obtained, and the frequent word sequence comprises frequent words mined from a plurality of event content samples corresponding to the temporary event type; the similarity between words contained in the to-be-identified event content andthe frequent character sequence is determined; and based on the similarity, whether the actual event type of the to-be-identified event content is a temporary event type is determined. According to the scheme, the event type