--- title: "BIP39 Word #3: able — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/able/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #3 00000000010 # able — BIP39 word #3 "**able**" is word #3 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [ability](/bip39-word/ability/) and [about](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): способный ## Binary Representation A single 1-bit: 2 is a power of two, like the indexes of [ability](/bip39-word/ability/), [above](/bip39-word/above/), [absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/), [acoustic](/bip39-word/acoustic/), [advice](/bip39-word/advice/), [amount](/bip39-word/amount/), [avoid](/bip39-word/avoid/), [cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/), [divorce](/bip39-word/divorce/) and [length](/bip39-word/length/). One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [leopard](/bip39-word/leopard/)[doctor](/bip39-word/doctor/)[cake](/bip39-word/cake/)[aware](/bip39-word/aware/)[analyst](/bip39-word/analyst/)[affair](/bip39-word/affair/)[across](/bip39-word/across/)[access](/bip39-word/access/)[absorb](/bip39-word/absorb/)[abandon](/bip39-word/abandon/)[about](/bip39-word/about/) Position 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](/bip39-word/abandon/), [ability](/bip39-word/ability/), [about](/bip39-word/about/) and [above](/bip39-word/above/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #3 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) adresa [French](/french/) abdiquer [Italian](/italian/) abbinato [Japanese](/japanese/) あいだ [Korean](/korean/) 가난 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) abalar [Spanish](/spanish/) abeja [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 是 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 是 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "able" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cable](/bip39-word/cable/)[table](/bip39-word/table/) Read aloud, "able" /ˈeɪbl/ is one sound away from this word: [label /ˈleɪbl/](/bip39-word/label/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A" [ #1 abandon ](/bip39-word/abandon/)[ #2 ability ](/bip39-word/ability/)[ #4 about ](/bip39-word/about/)[ #5 above ](/bip39-word/above/)[ #6 absent ](/bip39-word/absent/)[ #7 absorb ](/bip39-word/absorb/)[ #135 awkward ](/bip39-word/awkward/)[ #136 axis ](/bip39-word/axis/) [View all words starting with "A" ](/bip39-words/a/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)