diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7fd388505..316d5fcc5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ Ondřej Súkup
 Oscar Benjamin
 Parth Patel
 Patrick Hayes
+Patrick Kenny
 Patrick Lannigan
 Paul Müller
 Paul Reece
diff --git a/changelog/10210.bugfix.rst b/changelog/10210.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ef0fd341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/10210.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes issue where nested data structures of different types did not raise an error with ``approx``.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python_api.py b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
index 4174a55b5..df201ff5f 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ class ApproxSequenceLike(ApproxBase):
     def _check_type(self) -> None:
         __tracebackhide__ = True
         for index, x in enumerate(self.expected):
-            if isinstance(x, type(self.expected)):
+            if (isinstance(x, Collection) or isinstance(x, Mapping)) and not isinstance(
+                x, str
+            ):
                 msg = "pytest.approx() does not support nested data structures: {!r} at index {}\n  full sequence: {}"
                 raise TypeError(msg.format(x, index, pprint.pformat(self.expected)))
 
diff --git a/testing/python/approx.py b/testing/python/approx.py
index 69743cdbe..6bf1794d9 100644
--- a/testing/python/approx.py
+++ b/testing/python/approx.py
@@ -841,6 +841,9 @@ class TestApprox:
         "x, name",
         [
             pytest.param([[1]], "data structures", id="nested-list"),
+            pytest.param([(1,)], "data structures", id="nested-list-tuple"),
+            pytest.param([{1}], "data structures", id="nested-list-set"),
+            pytest.param([{"key": 1}], "data structures", id="nested-list-dict"),
             pytest.param({"key": {"key": 1}}, "dictionaries", id="nested-dict"),
         ],
     )