Word #3 00000000010

able — BIP39 word #3

"able" is word #3 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between ability and about. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00000000010, decimal index 2.

/ˈeɪbl/ · adjective: having the power, skill or means to do something

Russian: способный

Binary Representation

A single 1-bit: 2 is a power of two, like the indexes of ability, above, absurd, acoustic, advice, amount, avoid, cactus, divorce and length.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

leopard doctor cake aware analyst affair across access absorb abandon about

Position

#3 of 2048

Hex Index

0x002

4-Letter Prefix

able

About "able" in BIP39

"able" has 4 letters, but the first three, "abl", already identify it, because "ab" also begins 9 other words, among them abandon, ability, about and above. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.