Word #89 00001011000

arch — BIP39 word #89

"arch" is word #89 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between april and arctic. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00001011000, decimal index 88.

/ɑːʧ/ · noun: a curved structure spanning an opening such as a doorway

Russian: арка

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

#89 of 2048

Hex Index

0x058

4-Letter Prefix

arch

About "arch" in BIP39

  • It takes all four letters to identify "arch": "arc" also begins arctic.
  • "arch" is unique only within the English list: it also begins archivo in the Spanish list, archivio in the Italian list and archa in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

Word #89 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech bojovat
French amateur
Italian ampio
Japanese いたみ
Korean 경력
Portuguese albergue
Spanish amante

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

Read aloud, "arch" /ɑːʧ/ is one sound away from these 2 words:

Words sharing the first three letters "arc":

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