Word #256 00011111111

cable — BIP39 word #256

"cable" is word #256 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between cabin and cactus. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00011111111, decimal index 255.

/ˈkeɪbl/ · noun: a thick wire or rope, or insulated wires carrying electricity

Russian: кабель

Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

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

Position

#256 of 2048

Hex Index

0x0FF

4-Letter Prefix

cabl

About "cable" in BIP39

  • "cable" has 5 letters, but the first four, "cabl", already identify it, because "cab" also begins cabbage and cabin.

Word #256 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech doleva
French boire
Italian brama
Japanese おえる
Korean 기록
Portuguese baronesa
Spanish boina

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

2 BIP39 words differ from "cable" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "cable" /ˈkeɪbl/ is one sound away from this word:

Words sharing the first three letters "cab":

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