encrypted
adjective, verb
encrypted is spelled E-N-C-R-Y-P-T-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, encrypted means “Being in code; having been encrypted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in encrypted?
| Letters | 9: E-N-C-R-Y-P-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is encrypted?
Encrypted appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce encrypted?
- US
Encrypted has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-encrypted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does encrypted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being in code; having been encrypted.
The encrypted text was unreadable.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of encrypt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Encrypted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that is in code:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chiffré |
| German | verschlüsselt, chiffriert |
| Spanish | cifrado, encriptado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.