keygen
/ˌkiːˈd͡ʒɛn/noun
keygen is spelled K-E-Y-G-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, keygen means “A small program used to generate a license key used to unlock a trial version of software illegitimately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of keygen is keygens.
How many letters and syllables are in keygen?
| Letters | 6: K-E-Y-G-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is keygen?
Keygen appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 keygen?
- /ˌkiːˈd͡ʒɛn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-keygen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of keygen
- keygens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does keygen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small program used to generate a license key used to unlock a trial version of software illegitimately.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does keygen come from?
Short for key generator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).