Word #208 00011001111

boring — BIP39 word #208

"boring" is word #208 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between border and borrow. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00011001111, decimal index 207.

/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ · adjective: not interesting, dull and tiresome

Russian: скучный

Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

Position

#208 of 2048

Hex Index

0x0CF

4-Letter Prefix

bori

About "boring" in BIP39

  • "boring" has 6 letters, but the first four, "bori", already identify it, because "bor" also begins border and borrow.

Word #208 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech cval
French baron
Italian basilico
Japanese うんてん
Korean 군사
Portuguese atoleiro
Spanish azúcar

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

Words sharing the first three letters "bor":

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