cryptogram
"cryptogram" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cryptogram” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encrypted text.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cryptogram · cryptogram · English
cryptogram · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cryptogram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cryptogram” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cryptogram is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cryptogram, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crypto- + -gram. The correct English form is cryptogram, spelled C-R-Y-P-T-O-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1Encrypted text.
- 2A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cryptogram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. The constructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters.
To anyone who does not know the key, the five characters of the cryptogram are different but the genuine receiver is in no danger of confusion.
Etymology
From crypto- + -gram.
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.