Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ciphering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
ci-pher-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cipher

noun

A calculation or computation.

Archaic

noun

A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).

Usage

Inflected Forms

cipherings (plural)

Synonyms

calculus reckoning

Questions

What does ciphering mean?
present participle and gerund of cipher

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