{
  "cipher": "bacon-cipher",
  "kind": "keyless-cipher",
  "description": "Bacon's biliteral cipher, five A/B symbols per letter.",
  "standard": "The 26-letter variant, in which every letter has a distinct code from AAAAA to BBAAB.",
  "notes": "Bacon's original 24-letter alphabet merged I with J and U with V. Codes from a 24-letter table disagree with this one from the letter I onwards.",
  "map": {
    "a": "AAAAA",
    "b": "AAAAB",
    "c": "AAABA",
    "d": "AAABB",
    "e": "AABAA",
    "f": "AABAB",
    "g": "AABBA",
    "h": "AABBB",
    "i": "ABAAA",
    "j": "ABAAB",
    "k": "ABABA",
    "l": "ABABB",
    "m": "ABBAA",
    "n": "ABBAB",
    "o": "ABBBA",
    "p": "ABBBB",
    "q": "BAAAA",
    "r": "BAAAB",
    "s": "BAABA",
    "t": "BAABB",
    "u": "BABAA",
    "v": "BABAB",
    "w": "BABBA",
    "x": "BABBB",
    "y": "BBAAA",
    "z": "BBAAB"
  },
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "CipherPad (https://cipherpad.dev)"
  },
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "docs": "https://cipherpad.dev/api",
  "tool": "https://cipherpad.dev/translate/bacon-cipher",
  "reverse": {
    "AAAAA": "a",
    "AAAAB": "b",
    "AAABA": "c",
    "AAABB": "d",
    "AABAA": "e",
    "AABAB": "f",
    "AABBA": "g",
    "AABBB": "h",
    "ABAAA": "i",
    "ABAAB": "j",
    "ABABA": "k",
    "ABABB": "l",
    "ABBAA": "m",
    "ABBAB": "n",
    "ABBBA": "o",
    "ABBBB": "p",
    "BAAAA": "q",
    "BAAAB": "r",
    "BAABA": "s",
    "BAABB": "t",
    "BABAA": "u",
    "BABAB": "v",
    "BABBA": "w",
    "BABBB": "x",
    "BBAAA": "y",
    "BBAAB": "z"
  }
}