Kryptografie
[kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]
The verdict
“Kryptografie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wissenschaft der Verschlüsselung von Informationen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kryptografie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kryptografie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kryptografie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kryptografie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kryptografie, spelled K-R-Y-P-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft der Verschlüsselung von Informationen
- 2absichtslos entstandene Kritzelzeichnung eines Erwachsenen
- 3verschlüsselte Schrift
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kryptografie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-Y-P-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.