diff --git a/packages/core/content-manager/server/controllers/relations.js b/packages/core/content-manager/server/controllers/relations.js
index f5b3d88518..e915690845 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-manager/server/controllers/relations.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-manager/server/controllers/relations.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 const { prop, isEmpty } = require('lodash/fp');
 const { hasDraftAndPublish } = require('@strapi/utils').contentTypes;
+const { isAnyToMany } = require('@strapi/utils').relations;
 const { PUBLISHED_AT_ATTRIBUTE } = require('@strapi/utils').contentTypes.constants;
-const { MANY_RELATIONS } = require('@strapi/utils').relations.constants;
 
 const { getService } = require('../utils');
 const { validateFindAvailable, validateFindExisting } = require('./validation/relations');
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module.exports = {
       fields: fieldsToSelect,
     };
 
-    if (MANY_RELATIONS.includes(attribute.relation)) {
+    if (isAnyToMany(attribute)) {
       const res = await strapi.entityService.loadPages(sourceModelUid, { id }, targetField, {
         ...queryParams,
         page: query.page,
diff --git a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
index b4d22a34f6..a4779db56d 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ const strapiUtils = require('@strapi/utils');
 const { ApplicationError } = require('@strapi/utils').errors;
 
 const { hasDraftAndPublish, isVisibleAttribute } = strapiUtils.contentTypes;
+const { isAnyToMany } = strapiUtils.relations;
 const { PUBLISHED_AT_ATTRIBUTE, CREATED_BY_ATTRIBUTE } = strapiUtils.contentTypes.constants;
 const { ENTRY_PUBLISH, ENTRY_UNPUBLISH } = strapiUtils.webhook.webhookEvents;
-const { MANY_RELATIONS } = strapiUtils.relations.constants;
 
 const omitPublishedAtField = omit(PUBLISHED_AT_ATTRIBUTE);
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const getDeepPopulate = (
     const attribute = model.attributes[attributeName];
 
     if (attribute.type === 'relation') {
-      const isManyRelation = MANY_RELATIONS.includes(attribute.relation);
+      const isManyRelation = isAnyToMany(attribute);
       // always populate createdBy, updatedBy, localizations etc.
       if (!isVisibleAttribute(model, attributeName)) {
         populateAcc[attributeName] = true;
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-service/index.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-service/index.js
index 5131b9554a..cc7e99187d 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-service/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-service/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const {
   sanitize,
 } = require('@strapi/utils');
 const { ValidationError } = require('@strapi/utils').errors;
+const { isAnyToMany } = require('@strapi/utils').relations;
 const { transformParamsToQuery } = require('@strapi/utils').convertQueryParams;
 const uploadFiles = require('../utils/upload-files');
 
@@ -278,14 +279,14 @@ const createDefaultImplementation = ({ strapi, db, eventHub, entityValidator })
 
   loadPages(uid, entity, field, params = {}) {
     if (!_.isString(field)) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid load. Expected ${field} to be a string`);
+      throw new Error(`Invalid load. Expected "${field}" to be a string`);
     }
 
     const { attributes } = strapi.getModel(uid);
     const attribute = attributes[field];
 
-    if (!attribute || attribute.type !== 'relation') {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid load. Expected ${field} to be an anyToMany relational attribute`);
+    if (!isAnyToMany(attribute)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid load. Expected "${field}" to be an anyToMany relational attribute`);
     }
 
     return db.query(uid).loadPages(entity, field, transformParamsToQuery(attribute.target, params));
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/lib/content-types.js b/packages/core/utils/lib/content-types.js
index 6c8e530102..cec115eab4 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/lib/content-types.js
+++ b/packages/core/utils/lib/content-types.js
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ const isPrivateAttribute = (model = {}, attributeName) => {
 const isScalarAttribute = (attribute) => {
   return !['media', 'component', 'relation', 'dynamiczone'].includes(attribute.type);
 };
-const isMediaAttribute = (attribute) => attribute.type === 'media';
-const isRelationalAttribute = (attribute) => attribute.type === 'relation';
-const isComponentAttribute = (attribute) => ['component', 'dynamiczone'].includes(attribute.type);
+const isMediaAttribute = (attribute) => attribute && attribute.type === 'media';
+const isRelationalAttribute = (attribute) => attribute && attribute.type === 'relation';
+const isComponentAttribute = (attribute) =>
+  attribute && ['component', 'dynamiczone'].includes(attribute.type);
 
 const getComponentAttributes = (schema) => {
   return _.reduce(
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/lib/relations.js b/packages/core/utils/lib/relations.js
index 816cbdeb33..d3f2163600 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/lib/relations.js
+++ b/packages/core/utils/lib/relations.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { isRelationalAttribute } = require('./content-types');
+
 const MANY_RELATIONS = ['oneToMany', 'manyToMany'];
 
 const getRelationalFields = (contentType) => {
@@ -8,8 +10,21 @@ const getRelationalFields = (contentType) => {
   });
 };
 
+const isOneToAny = (attribute) =>
+  isRelationalAttribute(attribute) && ['oneToOne', 'oneToMany'].includes(attribute.relation);
+const isManyToAny = (attribute) =>
+  isRelationalAttribute(attribute) && ['manyToMany', 'manyToOne'].includes(attribute.relation);
+const isAnyToOne = (attribute) =>
+  isRelationalAttribute(attribute) && ['oneToOne', 'manyToOne'].includes(attribute.relation);
+const isAnyToMany = (attribute) =>
+  isRelationalAttribute(attribute) && ['oneToMany', 'manyToMany'].includes(attribute.relation);
+
 module.exports = {
   getRelationalFields,
+  isOneToAny,
+  isManyToAny,
+  isAnyToOne,
+  isAnyToMany,
   constants: {
     MANY_RELATIONS,
   },