--- title: "BIP39 Word #183: bitter — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bitter/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #183 00010110110 # bitter — BIP39 word #183 "**bitter**" is word #183 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [birth](/bip39-word/birth/) and [black](/bip39-word/black/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010110110`, decimal index 182\. /ˈbɪtə/ · _adjective:_ having a sharp unpleasant taste, or feeling resentment [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): горький ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [nothing](/bip39-word/nothing/)[fine](/bip39-word/fine/)[cycle](/bip39-word/cycle/)[almost](/bip39-word/almost/)[burst](/bip39-word/burst/)[barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/)[below](/bip39-word/below/)[blind](/bip39-word/blind/)[bind](/bip39-word/bind/)[bird](/bip39-word/bird/)[black](/bip39-word/black/) Position Hex Index 0x0B6 4-Letter Prefix bitt ## About "bitter" in BIP39 - "bitter" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"bit"**, already identify it, because **"bi"** also begins 7 other words, among them [bicycle](/bip39-word/bicycle/), [bid](/bip39-word/bid/), [bike](/bip39-word/bike/) and [bind](/bip39-word/bind/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #183 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) chvost [French](/french/) avide [Italian](/italian/) azione [Japanese](/japanese/) うなずく [Korean](/korean/) 구경 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) arroba [Spanish](/spanish/) atraer [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 並 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 并 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "bitter" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [better](/bip39-word/better/)[butter](/bip39-word/butter/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #179 bind ](/bip39-word/bind/)[ #180 biology ](/bip39-word/biology/)[ #181 bird ](/bip39-word/bird/)[ #182 birth ](/bip39-word/birth/)[ #184 black ](/bip39-word/black/)[ #185 blade ](/bip39-word/blade/)[ #186 blame ](/bip39-word/blame/)[ #187 blanket ](/bip39-word/blanket/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP): Process and Deployed BIP List](/bitcoin-improvement-proposal/) - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) - [Recover Lost Bitcoin: Find Wallet Backups and Seed Phrases](/recover-lost-bitcoin-find-wallet-backups/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)