# encoding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,608

## Definitions
1. The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).

## Easily confused with
- **ending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encoding-vs-ending)
- **enjoying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encoding-vs-enjoying)
- **enclosing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enclosing-vs-encoding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ecnoding`, `enccoding`, `encdoing`, `encodding`, `encodign`, `encodingg`, `encodinng`, `encodnig`, `encoidng`, `enncoding`, `enocding`, `necoding`

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