Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transposition cipher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
trans-po-si-tion -ci-pher
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An encryption method that rearranges the order of the plaintext letters.

Inflected Forms

transposition ciphers (plural)

Synonyms

permutation cipher

Questions

What does transposition cipher mean?
An encryption method that rearranges the order of the plaintext letters.

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