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The aristocrat

Introduction

An Aristocrat is a monoalphabetic simple-substitution cipher that preserves word divisions and punctuation. The name comes from the American Cryptogram Association, founded in 1930, whose early members called this puzzle form “The Aristocrat of Puzzles.” The term remains part of the ACA’s vocabulary for this format.

AristocratGeneral simple substitution

Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.

Live output816 overlapping units
UnitCountShareRank
Y11113.6%1
F9111.2%2
A658.0%3
H637.7%4
I617.5%5
C577.0%6
T577.0%7
G435.3%8
K354.3%9
E344.2%10
M263.2%11
W253.1%12

1
1. NYVGC DGFK AYSYTFYM DIAMH TCM
26
EYFFYA STFFYACH; FKYR
44
OICHFATGC SIHHGNGEGFGYH
66
QIAY AYEGTNER FKTC PAYUWYCOR
91
TEICY.

2.
96
OIWCF OIQQIC EYFFYAH, NWF
117
FAYTF Y, F, TCM T TH KRSIFKYHYH,
140
CYBYA TWFIQTFGO TCHDYAH.

3.
161
FYHF ICY-EYFFYA DIAMH TH T IA G,
185
FKYC OKYOJ YBYAR SETOY FKIHY
209
EYFFYAH TSSYTA.

4.
222
HFWMR TSIHFAISKYH TCM
241
OICFATOFGICH; FKYGA HKTSYH
264
IPFYC CTAAID FKY PGCTE
283
EYFFYAH UWGOJER.

5.
297
OIQSTAY HKIAF DIAMH DGFK
318
OIQQIC PIAQH HWOK TH FKY, TCM, IP,
343
FI, TCM FKTF.

6.
352
CIFGOY MIWNEYM EYFFYAH TCM
375
THJ DKGOK YCVEGHK DIAMH TEEID
400
FKTF STGA GC FKTF SIHGFGIC.

7.
422
WHY YCMGCVH EGJY GCV, YM, ER, TCM
446
FGIC ICER DKYC HYBYATE
465
HWAAIWCMGCV DIAMH HWSSIAF
488
FKYQ.

8.
492
AYOIAM YTOK HWNHFGFWFGIC
514
OICHGHFYCFER; ICY OGSKYAFYZF
539
EYFFYA QWHF AYSAYHYCF FKY
561
HTQY SETGCFYZF EYFFYA
580
YBYARDKYAY.

9.
590
DKYC T VWYHH OAYTFYH TDJDTAM
614
PATVQYCFH, WCMI GF SAIQSFER
637
GCHFYTM IP NWGEMGCV QIAY
658
VWYHHYH WSIC GF.

10.
671
AYBGHGF FKY DKIEY QYHHTVY
693
TPFYA YBYAR NAYTJFKAIWVK;
715
CYDER AYTMTNEY OICFYZF IPFYC
740
AYHIEBYH HYBYATE WCOYAFTGC
764
DIAMH FIVYFKYA DGFKIWF
784
PIAOGCV T SAYQTFWAY HIEWFGIC
809
FII YTAER.

Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.

Live output151 words · 116 distinct
WordPatternCountStart positions
TCM1.2.3723, 124, 238, 338, 345, 372 +1
DIAMH1.2.3.4.5618, 174, 309, 390, 476, 764
EYFFYAH1.2.3.3.2.4.54107, 209, 283, 365
T14127, 181, 594, 791
FKY1.2.34275, 335, 558, 678
EYFFYA1.2.3.3.2.4326, 539, 574
TH1.23128, 179, 333
FKTF1.2.3.13348, 400, 410
DGFK1.2.3.426, 314
QIAY1.2.3.4266, 654
OIQQIC1.2.3.3.2.42101, 318
YBYAR1.2.1.3.42194, 698
Terminals
SequenceInitialFinal
FK132
ER18
FKY84
OI80
TC81
AY75
CM07
EY72
EYF70
IC37
TCM77
YA07
Contacts
LetterLeftRight
A12: Y 21, I 14, T 5, F 4, S 3, A 2, G 2, P 2, W 2, K 1, N 1, O 112: Y 18, M 8, H 5, I 5, T 5, F 4, R 3, A 2, C 1, E 1, O 1, Q 1
B2: Y 7, E 12: Y 7, G 1
C6: I 16, G 12, Y 11, T 9, W 4, A 19: M 10, F 7, H 6, V 6, Y 5, O 2, T 2, E 1, I 1
D6: I 2, H 1, J 1, R 1, T 1, Y 17: I 6, K 5, G 3, E 1, J 1, T 1, Y 1
E13: T 5, I 3, N 3, F 2, G 2, S 2, A 1, C 1, D 1, E 1, J 1, V 1, Y 19: Y 11, R 8, G 4, I 2, T 2, B 1, E 1, M 1, W 1
F14: F 9, G 9, T 9, Y 9, H 8, C 7, W 5, A 4, P 3, Z 3, I 2, J 1, O 1, S 110: Y 20, K 19, F 9, G 9, A 4, I 4, W 3, E 2, H 1, T 1
G14: F 9, E 4, H 4, T 4, D 3, M 3, O 2, W 2, B 1, K 1, N 1, P 1, V 1, Y 112: C 12, F 9, I 5, O 4, H 3, A 2, E 2, J 1, N 1, S 1, T 1, Y 1
H13: Y 14, C 6, M 6, A 5, H 4, I 4, T 4, G 3, W 2, F 1, N 1, Q 1, V 110: F 8, Y 7, G 4, H 4, W 4, K 3, I 2, T 2, D 1, J 1
I14: O 9, D 6, S 6, A 5, G 5, F 4, K 4, Q 4, E 2, H 2, M 2, P 2, C 1, I 112: C 16, A 14, Q 5, W 5, H 4, P 4, E 3, D 2, F 2, I 1, S 1, V 1
J5: O 2, D 1, G 1, H 1, T 14: D 1, E 1, F 1, Y 1
K6: F 19, D 5, O 4, H 3, S 2, V 16: Y 16, T 5, I 4, A 1, G 1, R 1
M6: C 10, A 8, Y 3, T 2, E 1, W 15: H 6, G 3, I 2, R 1, T 1
Reversals
AY 18 · YA 21FY 20 · YF 9HY 7 · YH 14AI 5 · IA 14FG 9 · GF 9CI 1 · IC 16CY 5 · YC 11BY 7 · YB 7EY 11 · YE 1CT 2 · TC 9AT 5 · TA 5FT 1 · TF 9

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