Suninatas Game 26

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Game 26

This challenge is to recover the plaintext from the following ciphertext using frequency analysis:

szqkagczvcvyabpsyincgozdainvscbnivpnzvbpnyfkqhzmmpcqhzygzgfcxznvvzgdfnvbpnjyifxmpcqhzygbpnoyaimygbzgngbvmpcqhzygcbpinnbzqndicgxhiztozgcfmpcqhzygbpnjyifxeagzyimpcqhzygbpneagzyidicgxhiztozgcfmpcqhzygcgxcoyaibzqnvyabpsyincggcbzygcfmpcqhzygszqzvbpnozivbvyabpsyincgozdainvscbnibyjzgcqnxcfcbcgzvaeagzyiyivngzyidicgxhiztnungbzvampcqhzygvpzhcgxbpnyfkqhzmdcqnvvpnzvbpnozivbonqcfnvscbnibyjzgbpnyfkqhzmdcqnvbpnjyifxmpcqhzygvpzhvbpnoyaimygbzgngbvmpcqhzygvpzhvcgxbpndicgxhiztozgcfvpnzvygnyobpnqyvbpzdpfkinmydgzlnxcbpfnbnvcgxqnxzcozdainvzgvyabpsyinccvyochizfbpzvkncivpnzvicgsnxvnmygxzgbpnjyifxrkbpnzgbnigcbzygcfvscbzgdagzygvpnzvbpnmaiingbinmyixpyfxnioyifcxznvzgbpnvpyibhiydicqbpnoinnvscbzgdcgxbpnmyqrzgnxbybcfagxnibpnzvaeaxdzgdvkvbnqvpnzvcfvybpnozivbonqcfnvscbnibyvaihcvvbpnbjypaxincxhyzgbqcisagxnibpnzvaeaxdzgdvkvbnqvpnpcvgnunirnnghfcmnxyoobpnhyxzaqzgpningbzinmcinni

Note that we have omitted the blank letters and punctuation marks of the plaintext.

# random substitution cipher

# Frequency analysis is a technique that measures how often specific items—such as letters in cryptography, words in text, or components in a signal—occur within a dataset. It relies on statistical patterns, such as the high frequency of 'E' in English text, to break ciphers, analyze data, or identify vibration, noise, and structural resonance in engineering.

$ CIPHER="szqkagczvcvyabpsyincgozdainvscbnivpnzvbpnyfkqhzmmpcqhzygzgfcxznvvzgdfnvbpnjyifxmpcqhzygbpnoyaimygbzgngbvmpcqhzygcbpinnbzqndicgxhiztozgcfmpcqhzygbpnjyifxeagzyimpcqhzygbpneagzyidicgxhiztozgcfmpcqhzygcgxcoyaibzqnvyabpsyincggcbzygcfmpcqhzygszqzvbpnozivbvyabpsyincgozdainvscbnibyjzgcqnxcfcbcgzvaeagzyiyivngzyidicgxhiztnungbzvampcqhzygvpzhcgxbpnyfkqhzmdcqnvvpnzvbpnozivbonqcfnvscbnibyjzgbpnyfkqhzmdcqnvbpnjyifxmpcqhzygvpzhvbpnoyaimygbzgngbvmpcqhzygvpzhvcgxbpndicgxhiztozgcfvpnzvygnyobpnqyvbpzdpfkinmydgzlnxcbpfnbnvcgxqnxzcozdainvzgvyabpsyinccvyochizfbpzvkncivpnzvicgsnxvnmygxzgbpnjyifxrkbpnzgbnigcbzygcfvscbzgdagzygvpnzvbpnmaiingbinmyixpyfxnioyifcxznvzgbpnvpyibhiydicqbpnoinnvscbzgdcgxbpnmyqrzgnxbybcfagxnibpnzvaeaxdzgdvkvbnqvpnzvcfvybpnozivbonqcfnvscbnibyvaihcvvbpnbjypaxincxhyzgbqcisagxnibpnzvaeaxdzgdvkvbnqvpnpcvgnunirnnghfcmnxyoobpnhyxzaqzgpningbzinmcinni"

$ echo "$CIPHER" | fold -w1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr
     92 n
     78 z
     69 g
     65 c
     65 b
     62 v
     60 i
     59 y
     58 p
     31 x
     30 q
     27 a
     26 h
     25 f
     22 m
     20 o
     19 d
     14 s
      9 k
      7 j
      5 e
      4 t
      3 r
      2 u
      1 l

usefull links
https://alexandernwilson.com/gallery/frequency_analysis.html
https://quipqiup.com/
https://studio.code.org/courses/frequency-analysis/units/1/lessons/1/levels/1

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