encrypter
\ɑ̃.kʁip.te\
The verdict
“encrypter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crypter, chiffrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encrypter · encrypter · French
encrypter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encrypter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kʁip.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encrypter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encrypter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.kʁip.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crypter, chiffrer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for encrypter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is encrypter, spelled E-N-C-R-Y-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Crypter, chiffrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encrypter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un nombre considérable de tableaux, sinon tous, ne prennent leur signification véritable qu’en fonction d’œuvres antérieures qui y sont, soit simplement reproduites, intégralement ou partiellement, soit, d’une manière beaucoup plus allusive, encryptées.
« Déjà il y avait deux mots de passe consécutifs, et pas des simples, des mots de passe avec des minuscules, des caractères de ponctuation peu répandus… Ensuite, tous les fichiers étaient encryptés – un code sérieux, SSL Double Layer, 128 bits. Bref, j’ai rien pu faire, je l’ai envoyé à la BEFTI. »
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.