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title: "BIP39 Word #136: axis — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/axis/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #136 00010000111 

# axis — BIP39 word #136

"**axis**" is word #136 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [awkward](/bip39-word/awkward/) and [baby](/bip39-word/baby/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010000111`, decimal index 135\. 

/ˈæksɪs/  · _noun:_ an imaginary line around which something turns 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[movie](/bip39-word/movie/)[extend](/bip39-word/extend/)[couch](/bip39-word/couch/)[abstract](/bip39-word/abstract/)[body](/bip39-word/body/)[belt](/bip39-word/belt/)[base](/bip39-word/base/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/)[away](/bip39-word/away/)[awful](/bip39-word/awful/)[awkward](/bip39-word/awkward/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x087

4-Letter Prefix

axis

## About "axis" in BIP39

- Two letters are enough: no other BIP39 word begins with **"ax"**, which makes "axis" one of only 34 words that can be told apart this early.

## Word #136 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) capart 

[French](/french/) argent 

[Italian](/italian/) arguto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いれる 

[Korean](/korean/) 공무원 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) anatomia 

[Spanish](/spanish/) árbitro 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "axis" /ˈæksɪs/ is one sound away from this word: 

[access /ˈæksɛs/](/bip39-word/access/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #1 abandon ](/bip39-word/abandon/)[ #2 ability ](/bip39-word/ability/)[ #3 able ](/bip39-word/able/)[ #4 about ](/bip39-word/about/)[ #132 away ](/bip39-word/away/)[ #133 awesome ](/bip39-word/awesome/)[ #134 awful ](/bip39-word/awful/)[ #135 awkward ](/bip39-word/awkward/) 

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

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