decypher

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A form of decipher — To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

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Meanings

verbdecypher (third-person singular simple present decyphers, present participle decyphering, simple past and past participle decyphered)

present singular third person decyphers · participle present decyphering · participle past decyphered · past decyphered

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of decipher.
noundecypher (plural decyphers)

plural decyphers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of decipher.

Origin

As decipher, but retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cypher.

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APA

decypher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decypher

MLA

“decypher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decypher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decypher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decypher.

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