Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

character encoding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: char-ac-ter en-cod-ing
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them.

Inflected Forms

character encodings (plural)

Phrases

character set

Frequently Paired Words

character set repertoire

Questions

What does character encoding mean?: A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them.

How to pronounce character encoding

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “character encoding”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “character encoding”.
Repeat and practice — Say “character encoding” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.