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title: "BIP39 Word #478: desert — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/desert/"
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updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #478 00111011101 

# desert — BIP39 word #478

"**desert**" is word #478 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [describe](/bip39-word/describe/) and [design](/bip39-word/design/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00111011101`, decimal index 477\. 

/ˈdɛzət/  · _noun:_ a large dry area of land with very little rain or plants 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): пустыня 

## 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):

[roof](/bip39-word/roof/)[knife](/bip39-word/knife/)[brick](/bip39-word/brick/)[close](/bip39-word/close/)[crisp](/bip39-word/crisp/)[distance](/bip39-word/distance/)[defy](/bip39-word/defy/)[deny](/bip39-word/deny/)[depth](/bip39-word/depth/)[desk](/bip39-word/desk/)[describe](/bip39-word/describe/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1DD

4-Letter Prefix

dese

## About "desert" in BIP39

- "desert" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"dese"**, already identify it, because **"des"** also begins [describe](/bip39-word/describe/), [design](/bip39-word/design/), [desk](/bip39-word/desk/), [despair](/bip39-word/despair/) and [destroy](/bip39-word/destroy/).
- **"dese"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins deseo in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), deserto in the [Italian list](/italian/) and desenho in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #478 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) hustota 

[French](/french/) crotale 

[Italian](/italian/) diffuso 

[Japanese](/japanese/) くさる 

[Korean](/korean/) 명령 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) coiote 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cuatro 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 適 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 适 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "des":

[describe](/bip39-word/describe/)[design](/bip39-word/design/)[desk](/bip39-word/desk/)[despair](/bip39-word/despair/)[destroy](/bip39-word/destroy/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #474 depth ](/bip39-word/depth/)[ #475 deputy ](/bip39-word/deputy/)[ #476 derive ](/bip39-word/derive/)[ #477 describe ](/bip39-word/describe/)[ #479 design ](/bip39-word/design/)[ #480 desk ](/bip39-word/desk/)[ #481 despair ](/bip39-word/despair/)[ #482 destroy ](/bip39-word/destroy/) 

[View all words starting with "D" ](/bip39-words/d/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)
- [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/)

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