diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleViewer/utils.ts b/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleViewer/utils.ts
index 4991672b99..bf50cf359e 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleViewer/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleViewer/utils.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ export function useGetSubvalueByPath() {
 
       let nextValue: SqValue | undefined;
 
-      if (currentTag === "Array" && pathEdgeType === "arrayIndex") {
+      if (currentTag === "Array" && pathEdgeType === "index") {
         nextValue = currentValue.value.getValues()[pathEdge.value.value];
-      } else if (currentTag === "Dict" && pathEdgeType === "dictKey") {
+      } else if (currentTag === "Dict" && pathEdgeType === "key") {
         nextValue = currentValue.value.get(pathEdge.value.value);
       } else if (
         currentTag === "TableChart" &&
diff --git a/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart.stories.tsx b/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart.stories.tsx
index 40ac596310..17368a02e7 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart.stories.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const RootPathOverride: Story = {
     code: "{foo: 35 to 50, bar: [1,2,3]}",
     rootPathOverride: new SqValuePath({
       root: "result",
-      items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("bar")],
+      items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("bar")],
     }),
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart/Basic.stories.tsx b/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart/Basic.stories.tsx
index f05457606a..3c1d636f70 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart/Basic.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/stories/SquiggleChart/Basic.stories.tsx
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ export const WithPathOverride: Story = {
   `,
     rootPathOverride: new SqValuePath({
       root: "bindings",
-      items: [
-        SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo"),
-        SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("bar"),
-      ],
+      items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo"), SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("bar")],
     }),
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/SqValue/SqValuePath_test.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/SqValue/SqValuePath_test.ts
index 29fdee7a2c..f8a005d63f 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/SqValue/SqValuePath_test.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/SqValue/SqValuePath_test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { SqValuePath, SqValuePathEdge } from "../../src/index.js";
 
 describe("SqValuePathEdge", () => {
-  test("fromDictKey creates a string item", () => {
-    const item = SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("test");
-    expect(item.value).toEqual({ type: "dictKey", value: "test" });
+  test("fromKey creates a string item", () => {
+    const item = SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("test");
+    expect(item.value).toEqual({ type: "key", value: "test" });
   });
 });
 
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
   const path = new SqValuePath({
     root: "bindings",
     items: [
-      SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo"),
-      SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(2),
+      SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo"),
+      SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(2),
       SqValuePathEdge.fromCalculator(),
       SqValuePathEdge.fromCellAddress(1, 2),
     ],
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
     const path2 = new SqValuePath({
       root: "bindings",
       items: [
-        SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo"),
-        SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(2),
+        SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo"),
+        SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(2),
         SqValuePathEdge.fromCalculator(),
         SqValuePathEdge.fromCellAddress(1, 2),
       ],
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
   test("extend()", () => {
     const path = new SqValuePath({
       root: "bindings",
-      items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo")],
+      items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo")],
     });
-    const extendedPath = path.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(2));
+    const extendedPath = path.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(2));
     expect(extendedPath.items.length).toBe(2);
     expect(extendedPath.items[1].value).toEqual({
-      type: "arrayIndex",
+      type: "index",
       value: 2,
     });
   });
@@ -48,14 +48,11 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
     test("path fully contains a shorter path", () => {
       const basePath = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [
-          SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo"),
-          SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(2),
-        ],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo"), SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(2)],
       });
       const subPath = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo")],
       });
       expect(basePath.contains(subPath)).toBe(true);
     });
@@ -63,20 +60,20 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
     test("path does not contain longer path", () => {
       const basePath = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo")],
       });
-      const longerPath = basePath.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(2));
+      const longerPath = basePath.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(2));
       expect(basePath.contains(longerPath)).toBe(false);
     });
 
     test("path does not contain different path", () => {
       const path1 = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("foo")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("foo")],
       });
       const path2 = new SqValuePath({
         root: "imports",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("bar")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("bar")],
       });
       expect(path1.contains(path2)).toBe(false);
     });
@@ -96,11 +93,11 @@ describe("SqValuePath", () => {
     test("equal paths contain each other", () => {
       const path1 = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("test")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("test")],
       });
       const path2 = new SqValuePath({
         root: "bindings",
-        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("test")],
+        items: [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("test")],
       });
       expect(path1.contains(path2)).toBe(true);
       expect(path2.contains(path1)).toBe(true);
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqArray.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqArray.ts
index 6b58c65f37..6d36f1e2b9 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqArray.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqArray.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class SqArray {
 
   getValues() {
     return this._value.map((v, i) =>
-      wrapValue(v, this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(i)))
+      wrapValue(v, this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(i)))
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqDict.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqDict.ts
index af58684349..38a85aa405 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqDict.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqDict.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class SqDict {
       ([key, v]) =>
         [
           key,
-          wrapValue(v, this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(key))),
+          wrapValue(v, this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(key))),
         ] as const
     );
   }
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ export class SqDict {
     if (value === undefined) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    return wrapValue(
-      value,
-      this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(key))
-    );
+    return wrapValue(value, this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(key)));
   }
 
   toString() {
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqPlot.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqPlot.ts
index 1524487de1..aa02489630 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqPlot.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValue/SqPlot.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export class SqNumericFnPlot extends SqAbstractPlot<"numericFn"> {
       this.context
         ? this.createdProgrammatically
           ? this.context
-          : this.context.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("fn"))
+          : this.context.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("fn"))
         : undefined
     );
   }
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class SqDistFnPlot extends SqAbstractPlot<"distFn"> {
       this.context
         ? this.createdProgrammatically
           ? this.context
-          : this.context.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("fn"))
+          : this.context.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("fn"))
         : undefined
     );
   }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export class SqRelativeValuesPlot extends SqAbstractPlot<"relativeValues"> {
   get fn(): SqLambda {
     return new SqLambda(
       this._value.fn,
-      this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey("fn"))
+      this.context?.extend(SqValuePathEdge.fromKey("fn"))
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValueContext.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValueContext.ts
index 492b52600d..c4c8ff1e44 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValueContext.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValueContext.ts
@@ -66,19 +66,19 @@ export class SqValueContext {
 
       switch (ast.type) {
         case "Program": {
-          if (this.path.root === "bindings" && pathEdge.type === "dictKey") {
+          if (this.path.root === "bindings" && pathEdge.type === "key") {
             newAst = ast.symbols[pathEdge.value];
             break;
           }
           break;
         }
         case "Dict":
-          if (pathEdge.type === "dictKey") {
+          if (pathEdge.type === "key") {
             newAst = ast.symbols[pathEdge.value];
           }
           break;
         case "Array":
-          if (pathEdge.type === "arrayIndex") {
+          if (pathEdge.type === "index") {
             const element = ast.elements[pathEdge.value];
             if (element) {
               newAst = element;
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValuePath.ts b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValuePath.ts
index 6234626e1b..cecedf3d4a 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValuePath.ts
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/public/SqValuePath.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { locationContains } from "../ast/utils.js";
 export type RootPathItem = "result" | "bindings" | "imports" | "exports";
 
 export type ValuePathEdge =
-  | { type: "dictKey"; value: string }
-  | { type: "arrayIndex"; value: number }
+  | { type: "key"; value: string }
+  | { type: "index"; value: number }
   | { type: "cellAddress"; value: { row: number; column: number } }
   | {
       type: "calculator";
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ function pathItemIsEqual(a: ValuePathEdge, b: ValuePathEdge): boolean {
     return false;
   }
   switch (a.type) {
-    case "dictKey":
-      return a.value === (b as { type: "dictKey"; value: string }).value;
-    case "arrayIndex":
-      return a.value === (b as { type: "arrayIndex"; value: number }).value;
+    case "key":
+      return a.value === (b as { type: "key"; value: string }).value;
+    case "index":
+      return a.value === (b as { type: "index"; value: number }).value;
     case "cellAddress":
       return (
         isCellAddressPathItem(b) &&
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ function pathItemIsEqual(a: ValuePathEdge, b: ValuePathEdge): boolean {
 
 export class SqValuePathEdge {
   private constructor(public value: ValuePathEdge) {}
-  static fromDictKey(str: string): SqValuePathEdge {
-    return new SqValuePathEdge({ type: "dictKey", value: str });
+  static fromKey(str: string): SqValuePathEdge {
+    return new SqValuePathEdge({ type: "key", value: str });
   }
-  static fromArrayIndex(num: number): SqValuePathEdge {
-    return new SqValuePathEdge({ type: "arrayIndex", value: num });
+  static fromIndex(num: number): SqValuePathEdge {
+    return new SqValuePathEdge({ type: "index", value: num });
   }
   static fromCalculator(): SqValuePathEdge {
     return new SqValuePathEdge({ type: "calculator" });
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ export class SqValuePathEdge {
   toDisplayString(): string {
     const item = this.value;
     switch (item.type) {
-      case "dictKey":
+      case "key":
         return item.value;
-      case "arrayIndex":
+      case "index":
         return String(item.value);
       case "cellAddress":
         return `Cell(${item.value.row},${item.value.column})`;
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ export class SqValuePathEdge {
   uid(): string {
     const item = this.value;
     switch (item.type) {
-      case "dictKey":
+      case "key":
         return `DictKey:(${item.value})`;
-      case "arrayIndex":
+      case "index":
         return `ArrayIndex:(${item.value})`;
       case "cellAddress":
         return `CellAddress:(${item.value.row}:${item.value.column})`;
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ function astOffsetToPathItems(ast: ASTNode, offset: number): SqValuePathEdge[] {
             pair.key.type === "String" // only string keys are supported
           ) {
             return [
-              SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(pair.key.value),
+              SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(pair.key.value),
               ...buildRemainingPathItems(pair.value),
             ];
           } else if (pair.type === "Identifier") {
-            return [SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(pair.value)]; // this is a final node, no need to buildRemainingPathItems recursively
+            return [SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(pair.value)]; // this is a final node, no need to buildRemainingPathItems recursively
           }
         }
         return [];
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function astOffsetToPathItems(ast: ASTNode, offset: number): SqValuePathEdge[] {
           const element = ast.elements[i];
           if (locationContains(element.location, offset)) {
             return [
-              SqValuePathEdge.fromArrayIndex(i),
+              SqValuePathEdge.fromIndex(i),
               ...buildRemainingPathItems(element),
             ];
           }
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ function astOffsetToPathItems(ast: ASTNode, offset: number): SqValuePathEdge[] {
       }
       case "LetStatement": {
         return [
-          SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(ast.variable.value),
+          SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(ast.variable.value),
           ...buildRemainingPathItems(ast.value),
         ];
       }
       case "DefunStatement": {
         return [
-          SqValuePathEdge.fromDictKey(ast.variable.value),
+          SqValuePathEdge.fromKey(ast.variable.value),
           ...buildRemainingPathItems(ast.value),
         ];
       }