cryptologie
\kʁip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“cryptologie” is uncommon French (frequency #98,928 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,928
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Science qui étudie les techniques de chiffrement et de déchiffrement des informations pour assurer leur confidentialité, leur intégrité et leur authenticité. Elle se divise en deux branches princip...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cryptologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cryptologie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cryptologie is uncommon French at frequency #98,928 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science qui étudie les techniques de chiffrement et de déchiffrement des informations pour assurer leur confidentialité, leur intégrité et leur authenticité. Elle se divise en deux branches princip...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cryptologie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cryptologie, spelled C-R-Y-P-T-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Science qui étudie les techniques de chiffrement et de déchiffrement des informations pour assurer leur confidentialité, leur intégrité et leur authenticité. Elle se divise en deux branches principales la cryptographie (l’écriture secrète) et la cryptanalyse (l’analyse de cette dernière).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cryptologie”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-R-Y-P-T-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.