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title: "BIP39 Word #493: diesel — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/diesel/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #493 00111101100 

# diesel — BIP39 word #493

"**diesel**" is word #493 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [dice](/bip39-word/dice/) and [diet](/bip39-word/diet/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00111101100`, decimal index 492\. 

/ˈdiːzᵊl/  · _noun:_ a heavy fuel oil used in some engines 

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

## 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):

[rural](/bip39-word/rural/)[laugh](/bip39-word/laugh/)[budget](/bip39-word/budget/)[collect](/bip39-word/collect/)[culture](/bip39-word/culture/)[define](/bip39-word/define/)[display](/bip39-word/display/)[develop](/bip39-word/develop/)[dial](/bip39-word/dial/)[differ](/bip39-word/differ/)[diet](/bip39-word/diet/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1EC

4-Letter Prefix

dies

## About "diesel" in BIP39

- "diesel" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"dies"**, already identify it, because **"die"** also begins [diet](/bip39-word/diet/).

## Word #493 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) inovace 

[French](/french/) cyanure 

[Italian](/italian/) disfare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) くとうてん 

[Korean](/korean/) 모집 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) concha 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cuna 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "diesel" /ˈdiːzᵊl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[weasel /ˈwiːzᵊl/](/bip39-word/weasel/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "die":

[diet](/bip39-word/diet/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #489 dial ](/bip39-word/dial/)[ #490 diamond ](/bip39-word/diamond/)[ #491 diary ](/bip39-word/diary/)[ #492 dice ](/bip39-word/dice/)[ #494 diet ](/bip39-word/diet/)[ #495 differ ](/bip39-word/differ/)[ #496 digital ](/bip39-word/digital/)[ #497 dignity ](/bip39-word/dignity/) 

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

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- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)
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