cipheralphabet
nounUK /ˈsaɪfər ˈælfəbet/
US /ˈsaɪfər ˈælfəbɛt/
A cipheralphabet is a secret set of letters used to hide a message.
The spy used a cipheralphabet to write a note that only her friend could read.
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2. A substitution table that maps plain letters to coded letters.
The cipheralphabet showed that A became Q and B became R.
3. A set of symbols used in place of normal letters to keep writing private.
They made a cipheralphabet with squiggles and stars for their club.
4. The ordered list of characters a cipher uses when scrambling text.
Changing the cipheralphabet made the old message impossible to read.