diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/scan.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/scan.spec.ts
index 3df1634fa52fe2..28d2c3b96a03ec 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/scan.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/scan.spec.ts
@@ -85,28 +85,35 @@ describe('optimizer-scan:script-test', () => {
   })
 
   test('imports regex should work', () => {
-    const shouldMatchArray = [
-      `import 'vue'`,
-      `import { foo } from 'vue'`,
-      `import foo from 'vue'`,
-      `;import foo from 'vue'`,
-      `   import foo from 'vue'`,
-      `import { foo
+    const shouldMatchArray: Array<[string, string]> = [
+      [`import 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [`import { foo } from 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [`import foo from 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [`;import foo from 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [`   import foo from 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [
+        `import { foo
       } from 'vue'`,
-      `import bar, { foo } from 'vue'`,
-      `import foo from 'vue';`,
-      `*/ import foo from 'vue';`,
-      `import foo from 'vue';//comment`,
-      `import foo from 'vue';/*comment
+        `'vue'`,
+      ],
+      [`import bar, { foo } from 'vue'`, `'vue'`],
+      [`import foo from 'vue';`, `'vue'`],
+      [`*/ import foo from 'vue';`, `'vue'`],
+      [`import foo from 'vue';//comment`, `'vue'`],
+      [
+        `import foo from 'vue';/*comment
       */`,
-      // Skipped, false negatives with current regex
-      // `import typescript from 'typescript'`,
-      // import type, {foo} from 'vue'
+        `'vue'`,
+      ],
+      // #23471: bindings starting with `type` are not `import type` statements
+      [`import typescript from 'typescript'`, `'typescript'`],
+      [`import typeorm from 'typeorm'`, `'typeorm'`],
+      [`import types from 'types'`, `'types'`],
     ]
 
-    shouldMatchArray.forEach((str) => {
+    shouldMatchArray.forEach(([str, expected]) => {
       importsRE.lastIndex = 0
-      expect(importsRE.exec(str)![1]).toEqual("'vue'")
+      expect(importsRE.exec(str)![1]).toEqual(expected)
     })
 
     const shouldFailArray = [
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
index f0075125c5b490..ca3f5fe58eb8bb 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const htmlTypesRE = /\.(?:html|vue|svelte|astro|imba)$/
 // since even missed imports can be caught at runtime, and false positives will
 // simply be ignored.
 export const importsRE: RegExp =
-  /(?<!\/\/.*)(?<=^|;|\*\/)\s*import(?!\s+type)(?:[\w*{}\n\r\t, ]+from)?\s*("[^"]+"|'[^']+')\s*(?=$|;|\/\/|\/\*)/gm
+  /(?<!\/\/.*)(?<=^|;|\*\/)\s*import(?!\s+type\b)(?:[\w*{}\n\r\t, ]+from)?\s*("[^"]+"|'[^']+')\s*(?=$|;|\/\/|\/\*)/gm
 
 export function scanImports(environment: ScanEnvironment): {
   cancel: () => Promise<void>