Tools / Atbash Cipher
Atbash Cipher Decoder
Atbash maps each letter to its mirror in the alphabet: A becomes Z, B becomes Y, and so on through M and N. There is no key - the same operation encodes and decodes.
Output
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A ↔ Z, B ↔ Y, C ↔ X, ... M ↔ N
When to suspect Atbash
Atbash predates Caesar by centuries (it appears in the Hebrew Bible) and shows up in CTF challenges as a low-effort trap. If a string looks like English ciphertext but does not decode under any ROT shift, try Atbash. Common giveaways: high frequency of v (which maps to E), g (T), and z (A).
For more general single-alphabet substitution where each letter maps to a fixed but arbitrary letter, use the Frequency Analysis tool. For shifted alphabets, use the ROT / Caesar Cipher tool. If you do not know what cipher you have, paste it into the Cipher Identifier first - it tries Atbash automatically.
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- ROT / Caesar CipherDecode Caesar-shifted and ROT-encoded text. Drag the shift slider or scan all 26 rotations at once.
- Affine CipherEncrypt, decrypt, or brute-force affine ciphers using E(x) = (ax + b) mod 26. Brute force ranks all 312 key pairs by English letter frequency.
- Cipher Identifier & Auto-DecoderPaste any ciphertext and the tool auto-runs every common decoder (base64, hex, Morse, ROT, Atbash, Bacon, binary, decimal, URL) and ranks the results by English-likeness.
- Rail Fence CipherEncrypt or decrypt rail fence (zigzag) transposition ciphers. Brute-force across rail counts and offsets to find the right setting fast.
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