Word #238 00011101101
buffalo — BIP39 word #238
"buffalo" is word #238 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between budget and build.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
00011101101,
decimal index 237.
/ˈbʌfələʊ/ · noun: a large wild or domesticated ox with heavy curved horns
Russian: буйвол
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
#238 of 2048
Hex Index
0x0ED
4-Letter Prefix
buff
About "buffalo" in BIP39
- "buffalo" has 7 letters, but the first three, "buf", already identify it, because "bu" also begins 18 other words, among them bubble, buddy, budget and build. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "buff" is unique only within the English list: it also begins buffle in the French list and buffone in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.