diff --git a/arkindex/project/default_corpus.py b/arkindex/project/default_corpus.py
index 765e8206a1501d8f25bac76316e77b74b5dbd74c..95647d3efe902bc10571b63dfb0f3476c615fee7 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/default_corpus.py
+++ b/arkindex/project/default_corpus.py
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ DEFAULT_CORPUS_TYPES = [
         'display_name': 'Text line',
         'allowed_transcription': TranscriptionType.Line,
     },
+    {
+        'slug': 'word',
+        'display_name': 'Word',
+    },
+    {
+        'slug': 'paragraph',
+        'display_name': 'Paragraph',
+    },
     {
         'slug': 'illustration',
         'display_name': 'Illustration',