Word #53 00000110100
alley — BIP39 word #53
"alley" is word #53 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between all and allow.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
00000110100,
decimal index 52.
/ˈæli/ · noun: a narrow passage between or behind buildings
Russian: аллея
Binary Representation
Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#53 of 2048
Hex Index
0x034
4-Letter Prefix
alle
About "alley" in BIP39
- "alley" has 5 letters, but the first four, "alle", already identify it, because "all" also begins all and allow.
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, all. Write "alley" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- "alle" is unique only within the English list: it also begins allegro in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #53 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "alley" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "alley" /ˈæli/ is one sound away from these 2 words: