ciphering vs figuring

ciphering

noun
  • A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed). 

figuring

noun
  • Representation. 

  • Structure, design, or arrangement; figure. 

  • Calculation. 

How often have the words ciphering and figuring occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )