cryptography

Other forms of cryptography

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cryptography

What does cryptography mean?

cryptography means "the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cryptography?

cryptography has 4 syllables: cryp-to-gra-phy. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for cryptography?

Close synonyms include cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology, coding, secret writing. 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 cryptography a common word?

cryptography is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.