Cipher Challenge
Finding Structure in Five-Letter Groups
Introduction
An introductory Patristocrat tutorial explaining why printed groups are presentation units rather than plaintext words.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output700 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 97 | 13.9% | 1 |
| K | 72 | 10.3% | 2 |
| U | 58 | 8.3% | 3 |
| E | 53 | 7.6% | 4 |
| T | 52 | 7.4% | 5 |
| X | 50 | 7.1% | 6 |
| M | 45 | 6.4% | 7 |
| V | 44 | 6.3% | 8 |
| R | 27 | 3.9% | 9 |
| Z | 25 | 3.6% | 10 |
| F | 24 | 3.4% | 11 |
| S | 24 | 3.4% | 12 |
1
KZHGV PHFHK KHEQF XRJMV UTBTK
26
EVMKX RETKT EHBEH MHUKT KVXUA
51
UVKMU XKHUR ENBKH SLXES MKEHT
76
KKZHR VBZHE KHDKT MXUHA UVUKH
101
EEABK HSMKE HTYRX BNTUN EHBHT
126
KHSMH CAHUR HMLVK ZKZHV EBXMV
151
KVXUM VURFA SVUWM HCAHU RHMKZ
176
TKMKT EKUHT EKZHH USXGX UHQFX
201
RJTUS RXUKV UAHVU KXKZH UHDKR
226
XYBTE HFVJH FNFHK KHEGE HCAHU
251
RVHMT USFXX JGXER XYYXU HUWFV
276
MZGET WYHUK MKZTK RXAFS XRRAE
301
VUMVS HFXUW HELXE SMMAR ZTMVU
326
WKZHK VXUHS XEHEL ZVFHE HYHYQ
351
HEVUW KZTKT UNXUH GETWY HUKYT
376
NQHYV MFHTS VUWTB BFNKH UKTKV
401
PHMAQ MKVKA KVXUM HPHEN LZHEH
426
TUSEH TSKZH HYHEW VUWFH KKHEM
451
LVKZX AKVYB XMVUW MBTRH MKXXH
476
TEFNX URHMH PHETF GETWY HUKMT
501
WEHHK ENQXA USTEV HMKZT KREHT
526
KHWET YYTKV RTFBZ ETMHM ETKZH
551
EKZTU YHEHF NVMXF TKHSL XESMT
576
MKEXU WMBTR VUWRZ XVRHM ZXAFS
601
RXUKV UAHLX EJVUW QHNXU SXUHF
626
XRTFM HWYHU KVGVK GXERH MTLJL
651
TESFH GKXPH EMXUQ XKZMV SHMYX
676
PHKZH QXAUS TENTU SKHMK TWTVU
A
B
Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.