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title: "BIP39 Word #10: abuse — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/abuse/"
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updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #10 00000001001 

# abuse — BIP39 word #10

"**abuse**" is word #10 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/) and [access](/bip39-word/access/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00000001001`, decimal index 9\. 

/əˈbjuːs/  · _noun:_ cruel or violent treatment, or the wrong use of something 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): злоупотребление 

## Binary Representation

Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits.

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

[license](/bip39-word/license/)[donkey](/bip39-word/donkey/)[cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/)[bachelor](/bip39-word/bachelor/)[ankle](/bip39-word/ankle/)[ahead](/bip39-word/ahead/)[add](/bip39-word/add/)[ability](/bip39-word/ability/)[accuse](/bip39-word/accuse/)[accident](/bip39-word/accident/)[absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x009

4-Letter Prefix

abus

## About "abuse" in BIP39

- "abuse" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"abu"**, already identify it, because **"ab"** also begins 9 other words, among them [abandon](/bip39-word/abandon/), [ability](/bip39-word/ability/), [able](/bip39-word/able/) and [about](/bip39-word/about/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"abus"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins abusif in the [French list](/french/) and abuso in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #10 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) ananas 

[French](/french/) abreuver 

[Italian](/italian/) accenno 

[Japanese](/japanese/) あさい 

[Korean](/korean/) 가슴 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) abranger 

[Spanish](/spanish/) abuelo 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 這 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 这 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #6 absent ](/bip39-word/absent/)[ #7 absorb ](/bip39-word/absorb/)[ #8 abstract ](/bip39-word/abstract/)[ #9 absurd ](/bip39-word/absurd/)[ #11 access ](/bip39-word/access/)[ #12 accident ](/bip39-word/accident/)[ #13 account ](/bip39-word/account/)[ #14 accuse ](/bip39-word/accuse/) 

[View all words starting with "A" ](/bip39-words/a/) 

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