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title: "BIP39 Word #502: dirt — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/dirt/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #502 00111110101 

# dirt — BIP39 word #502

"**dirt**" is word #502 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [direct](/bip39-word/direct/) and [disagree](/bip39-word/disagree/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00111110101`, decimal index 501\. 

/dɜːt/  · _noun:_ dust, mud or soil that makes something unclean 

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

## 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):

[salt](/bip39-word/salt/)[leaf](/bip39-word/leaf/)[burger](/bip39-word/burger/)[concert](/bip39-word/concert/)[cute](/bip39-word/cute/)[deny](/bip39-word/deny/)[device](/bip39-word/device/)[distance](/bip39-word/distance/)[dilemma](/bip39-word/dilemma/)[discover](/bip39-word/discover/)[direct](/bip39-word/direct/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1F5

4-Letter Prefix

dirt

## About "dirt" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "dirt": **"dir"** also begins [direct](/bip39-word/direct/).

## Word #502 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) jahoda 

[French](/french/) débattre 

[Italian](/italian/) divorato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) くやくしょ 

[Korean](/korean/) 몰래 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) convite 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cutis 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "dirt" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

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

Read aloud, "dirt" /dɜːt/ is one sound away from this word: 

[hurt /hɜːt/](/bip39-word/hurt/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "dir":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #498 dilemma ](/bip39-word/dilemma/)[ #499 dinner ](/bip39-word/dinner/)[ #500 dinosaur ](/bip39-word/dinosaur/)[ #501 direct ](/bip39-word/direct/)[ #503 disagree ](/bip39-word/disagree/)[ #504 discover ](/bip39-word/discover/)[ #505 disease ](/bip39-word/disease/)[ #506 dish ](/bip39-word/dish/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)
- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)