cryptanalysis

Questions about cryptanalysis

What does cryptanalysis mean?

cryptanalysis means "the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms".

How many syllables are in cryptanalysis?

cryptanalysis has 5 syllables and divides as cryp-ta-na-ly-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cryptanalysis?

Close synonyms include cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cryptanalysis a common word?

cryptanalysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.