# cryptography

> English word · Noun · IPA [kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː] · frequency rank #32,339

## Definitions
1. The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.

## Etymology
From crypto- + -graphy.

## Easily confused with
- **cryptographic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cryptographic-vs-cryptography)

## Common misspellings (21)
`ccryptography`, `crpytography`, `crryptography`, `crypotgraphy`, `crypptography`, `cryptgoraphy`, `cryptogarphy`, `cryptoggraphy`, `cryptograhpy`, `cryptographhy`, `cryptographyy`, `cryptograpphy`, `cryptograpyh`, `cryptogrpahy`, `cryptogrraphy`, `cryptorgaphy`, `crypttography`, `crytpography`, `cryyptography`, `cyrptography`, `rcyptography`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cryptography