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title: "BIP39 Word #53: alley — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/alley/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #53 00000110100 

# alley — BIP39 word #53

"**alley**" is word #53 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [all](/bip39-word/all/) and [allow](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[make](/bip39-word/make/)[educate](/bip39-word/educate/)[charge](/bip39-word/charge/)[bird](/bip39-word/bird/)[attend](/bip39-word/attend/)[action](/bip39-word/action/)[afraid](/bip39-word/afraid/)[always](/bip39-word/always/)[alcohol](/bip39-word/alcohol/)[almost](/bip39-word/almost/)[allow](/bip39-word/allow/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/all/) and [allow](/bip39-word/allow/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [all](/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](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #53 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) bazalka 

[French](/french/) aérer 

[Italian](/italian/) alettone 

[Japanese](/japanese/) あんてい 

[Korean](/korean/) 개나리 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) adjunto 

[Spanish](/spanish/) aguja 

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

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

## 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: 

[valley](/bip39-word/valley/) 

Read aloud, "alley" /ˈæli/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[early /ˈɜːli/](/bip39-word/early/)[rally /ˈræli/](/bip39-word/rally/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "all":

[all](/bip39-word/all/)[allow](/bip39-word/allow/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #49 alcohol ](/bip39-word/alcohol/)[ #50 alert ](/bip39-word/alert/)[ #51 alien ](/bip39-word/alien/)[ #52 all ](/bip39-word/all/)[ #54 allow ](/bip39-word/allow/)[ #55 almost ](/bip39-word/almost/)[ #56 alone ](/bip39-word/alone/)[ #57 alpha ](/bip39-word/alpha/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)
- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)