Word #74 00001001001

ankle — BIP39 word #74

"ankle" is word #74 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between animal and announce. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00001001001, decimal index 73.

/ˈæŋkl/ · noun: the joint connecting the foot to the leg

Russian: лодыжка

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

#74 of 2048

Hex Index

0x049

4-Letter Prefix

ankl

About "ankle" in BIP39

  • "ankle" has 5 letters, but the first three, "ank", already identify it, because "an" also begins 15 other words, among them analyst, anchor, ancient and anger. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

Word #74 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech blatouch
French alarmer
Italian alzare
Japanese いじゅう
Korean 게시판
Portuguese agiota
Spanish algodón

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

One BIP39 word differs from "ankle" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "ankle" /ˈæŋkl/ is one sound away from these 2 words:

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