Comparison of cipher alphabets

This is a side-by-side comparison of the alphabets used in the 340 and 408 ciphers.

Column descriptions

• Symbol: The ciphertext symbol as it appears in the original cipher.
• ASCII: The ASCII version of the symbol, as per the Webtoy's transcription scheme.
• 340 Count: The number of times this symbol appears in the 340-character cipher.
• 408 Count: The number of times this symbol appears in the 408-character cipher.
• Total: The total number of times this symbol appears in either or both ciphers.
• Difference: The difference between the number of times this symbol appears in the 340-character cipher and the number of times it appears in the 408-character cipher (it is interesting when the difference is zero).
• 408 Plaintext: If this symbol is used in the 408, this is the plaintext translation as discovered by the [Hardens].

Each row appears with a colored background. When the background is blue, the symbol appears only in the 408-character cipher. When the background is green, the symbol appears only in the 340-character cipher. When the background is gray, the symbol appears in both ciphers.

Click the box in the headings to sort by a specific column. Here are ways that this is useful:

• Sorting by 340 Count or 408 Count will show you which symbols are frequently or seldom used in each cipher.
• Sorting by Total will show you which symbols are frequently or seldom used in both ciphers.
• Sorting by difference will show you which symbols have the same count in both ciphers.
• Sorting by 408 Plaintext will show you the homophones used for each plaintext letter.

Data

Symbol	ASCII	340 Count	408 Count	Total	Difference	408 Plaintext
	!	0	5	5	5	O
	#	5	10	15	5	L
	%	2	11	13	9	L
	&	2	0	2	2
	(	7	4	11	3	N
	)	5	8	13	3	H
	*	6	0	6	6
	+	24	8	32	16	E
	-	5	0	5	5
	.	6	0	6	6
	/	3	6	9	3	K
	1	3	0	3	3
	2	9	0	9	9
	3	2	0	2	2
	4	6	0	6	6
	5	7	8	15	1	T
	6	3	8	11	5	E
	7	3	3	6	0	S (2 times) or A (1 time)
	8	4	8	12	4	A (4 times), S (3 times), I (1 time)
	9	4	14	18	10	I (13 times) or W (1 time)
	:	2	0	2	2
	;	3	0	3	3
	<	6	0	6	6
	=	0	7	7	7	P
	>	4	0	4	4
	@	1	6	7	5	S
	A	2	8	10	6	W
	B	12	12	24	0	L
	C	5	0	5	5
	D	4	6	10	2	N
	E	3	9	12	6	E
	F	10	6	16	4	S
	G	6	7	13	1	A
	H	4	8	12	4	T
	I	0	11	11	11	T
	J	4	6	10	2	F
	K	7	5	12	2	S
	L	6	8	14	2	T
	M	7	8	15	1	H
	N	5	6	11	1	E or T
	O	10	7	17	3	N
	P	3	11	14	8	I
	Q	0	5	5	5	F
	R	8	12	20	4	G
	S	4	6	10	2	A
	T	5	7	12	2	O
	U	5	10	15	5	I
	V	6	9	15	3	B
	W	6	9	15	3	E
	X	2	9	11	7	O
	Y	4	10	14	6	U
	Z	4	8	12	4	E
	\	0	5	5	5	R
	^	6	6	12	0	N
	_	3	8	11	5	Y
	b	3	0	3	3
	c	10	6	16	4	V
	d	5	6	11	1	O
	e	0	10	10	10	C
	f	4	3	7	1	D
	j	2	1	3	1	X
	k	5	9	14	4	I
	l	7	5	12	2	A
	p	11	6	17	5	E
	q	2	16	18	14	M
	r	0	7	7	7	R
	t	4	7	11	3	R
	y	5	0	5	5
	z	9	4	13	5	D
	|	10	0	10	10

Observations

• The 340 cipher has 63 different ciphertext letters.
• The 408 cipher has 54 different ciphertext letters.
• appears in both ciphers the same number of times (12 each).
• appears in both ciphers the same number of times (6 each).
• appears in both ciphers the same number of times (3 each).
• Six symbols are in the 408 and are not in the 340 (Seven if you treat and as different symbols):
  • , , , , ,
• Fifteen symbols are in the 340 and are not in the 408 (Sixteen if you treat and as different symbols):
  • , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,