Word #224 00011011111

brief — BIP39 word #224

"brief" is word #224 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between bridge and bright. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00011011111, decimal index 223.

/briːf/ · adjective: lasting only a short time, or using few words

Russian: краткий

Binary Representation

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

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

orbitfossildeskarmorbecomecableboringbrainbreadbrickbridge

Position

#224 of 2048

Hex Index

0x0DF

4-Letter Prefix

brie

About "brief" in BIP39

  • "brief" has 5 letters, but the first four, "brie", already identify it, because "bri" also begins brick, bridge, bright, bring and brisk.

Word #224 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech demokrat
French berline
Italian berlina
Japanese えすて
Korean 그릇
Portuguese avental
Spanish barba
Traditional Chinese 接
Simplified Chinese 接

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

grief

Read aloud, "brief" /briːf/ is one sound away from these 2 words:

beef /biːf/breeze /briːz/

Words sharing the first three letters "bri":

brickbridgebrightbringbrisk

More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

#220 bread #221 breeze #222 brick #223 bridge #225 bright #226 bring #227 brisk #228 broccoli
View all words starting with "B"

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