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title: "BIP39 Word #501: direct — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/direct/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #501 00111110100 

# direct — BIP39 word #501

"**direct**" is word #501 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [dinosaur](/bip39-word/dinosaur/) and [dirt](/bip39-word/dirt/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00111110100`, decimal index 500\. 

/dɪˈrɛkt/  · _adjective:_ going straight from one place or person to another without stopping 

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

## 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):

[salon](/bip39-word/salon/)[leader](/bip39-word/leader/)[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[company](/bip39-word/company/)[custom](/bip39-word/custom/)[dentist](/bip39-word/dentist/)[develop](/bip39-word/develop/)[display](/bip39-word/display/)[dignity](/bip39-word/dignity/)[disagree](/bip39-word/disagree/)[dirt](/bip39-word/dirt/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1F4

4-Letter Prefix

dire

## About "direct" in BIP39

- "direct" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"dire"**, already identify it, because **"dir"** also begins [dirt](/bip39-word/dirt/).
- **"dire"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins directif in the [French list](/french/), directo in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), dire in the [Italian list](/italian/) and direto in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #501 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) jachta 

[French](/french/) dauphin 

[Italian](/italian/) dividere 

[Japanese](/japanese/) くめる 

[Korean](/korean/) 목표 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) contrato 

[Spanish](/spanish/) curva 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "direct" /dɪˈrɛkt/ is one sound away from this word: 

[detect /dɪˈtɛkt/](/bip39-word/detect/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "dir":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #497 dignity ](/bip39-word/dignity/)[ #498 dilemma ](/bip39-word/dilemma/)[ #499 dinner ](/bip39-word/dinner/)[ #500 dinosaur ](/bip39-word/dinosaur/)[ #502 dirt ](/bip39-word/dirt/)[ #503 disagree ](/bip39-word/disagree/)[ #504 discover ](/bip39-word/discover/)[ #505 disease ](/bip39-word/disease/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)

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