Kryptographie

[kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]

/[kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kryptographie” is uncommon German (frequency #70,497 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,497
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft von der Verschlüsselung, also Geheimhaltung von Informationen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kryptographie · Kryptographie · German

Kryptographie · rank #70,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,497
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kugelig

Nearest frequency peer: kugelig (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kryptographie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kryptographie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kryptographie
PropertyValue
HeadwordKryptographie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters13
Frequency rank#70,497
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kryptographie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kryptographiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kugelig“ (#70,498), „Krings“ (#70,495), „Kriegsopfer“ (#70,494). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kryptographie“ bei #70,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kryptographie is uncommon German at frequency #70,497 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kryptographie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kryptographie, spelled K-R-Y-P-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wissenschaft von der Verschlüsselung, also Geheimhaltung von Informationen
  2. 2
    verschlüsselte Schrift

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kryptographie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Anfänge der Kryptographie liegen im Altertum.
  2. Heute befasst sich die Kryptographie allgemein mit dem Thema Informationssicherheit, also dem Schutz von Daten gegen fremdes Ausspähen.

Synonyms

Geheimschrift

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kryptographie"?
"Kryptographie" is spelled K-R-Y-P-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Kryptographie" mean?
As a noun, "Kryptographie" means: Wissenschaft von der Verschlüsselung, also Geheimhaltung von Informationen
How do you pronounce "Kryptographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kryptographie" is [kʁʏptoɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kryptographie" come from?
"Kryptographie" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kryptographie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Krebsgeschwür#70,490Lieblingswort#70,519Linienverkehr#70,523klösterlichen#70,467

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list