# encryption

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/ · frequency rank #13,709

## Definitions
1. The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
2. A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

## Etymology
From encrypt + -ion.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ecnryption`, `enccryption`, `encrpytion`, `encrryption`, `encrypiton`, `encrypption`, `encrypsion`, `encryptino`, `encryptionn`, `encryptoin`, `encrypttion`, `encrytpion`, `encryyption`, `encyrption`, `enncryption`, `enrcyption`, `necryption`

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