Tool to generate a scrambled/mixed/deranged alphabet: alphabet which letter order is not classical. Generator with several methods to create such an alphabet, usually used for substitution cipher.
Deranged Alphabet Generator - dCode
Tag(s) : Cryptography
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Deranged Alphabet Generator
Create a deranged/mixed alphabet
Inverse Alphabet
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is a random alphabet?
Definition: A random alphabet has 26 letters in a random order (shuffle often difficult to memorize).
Example: NEIMKQHAORPLJGYFTVUCBXWZDS or QMJVZAPDOWCNUTIYSKREHGFBLX
What is a reciprocal alphabet?
Definition: A reciprocal alphabet is a ciphering alphabet in which if a plain letter A is crypted by X, then the plain letter X is crypted A.
Example: DCOEABFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ is a reciprocal alphabet, DCODE is crypted as MNPMQ and MNPMQ is crypted as DCODE
What is an alphanumeric alphabet?
Definition: An alphanumeric alphabet has 36 characters: 26 letters and 10 digits.
Example: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789
Why using a key to generate an alphabet?
Using a key helps to scramble the letters in the alphabet with a single keyword to remember
Example: DCOEABFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ is a deranged alphabet generated with key DCODE.
What are the most frequent deranged alphabets?
QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM : QWERTY keyboard
MNBVCXZLKJHGFDSAPOIUYTREWQ : reverse QWERTY keyboard
AZERTYUIOPQSDFGHJKLMWXCVBN : AZERTY keyboard
NBVCXWMLKJHGFDSQPOIUYTREZA : reverse AZERTY keyboard
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA : reverse alphabet
AEIOUYBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ : vowels then consonants
How to use a deranged alphabet to cipher a message?
Choose a method for encryption that accepts a deranged alphabet. dCode has many choices for that, select the right of yours, by defaut, use mono-alphabetical substitution.
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