> Most errors are not type errors.

With a sufficiently strong type system all errors are type errors! Rust doesn't have that of course, but it does have quite a strong type system so this is a very bold assertion with no evidence.

Rust does have an "if it compiles it works" feel. Nobody means that literally (this should be really obvious). They just mean that once you get it to compile the chance that it works first time is quite high (like 20% maybe?) compared to most other languages where it's more like 1%.