--- title: "BIP39 Word #540: drop — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/drop/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #540 01000011011 # drop — BIP39 word #540 "**drop**" is word #540 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [drive](/bip39-word/drive/) and [drum](/bip39-word/drum/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000011011`, decimal index 539\. /drɒp/ · _verb:_ to let something fall, or to become lower [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): падение ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [sell](/bip39-word/sell/)[address](/bip39-word/address/)[gloom](/bip39-word/gloom/)[fat](/bip39-word/fat/)[enter](/bip39-word/enter/)[electric](/bip39-word/electric/)[door](/bip39-word/door/)[draw](/bip39-word/draw/)[dumb](/bip39-word/dumb/)[drip](/bip39-word/drip/)[drive](/bip39-word/drive/) Position Hex Index 0x21B 4-Letter Prefix drop ## About "drop" in BIP39 - "drop" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"dro"**, already identify it, because **"dr"** also begins 14 other words, among them [draft](/bip39-word/draft/), [dragon](/bip39-word/dragon/), [drama](/bip39-word/drama/) and [drastic](/bip39-word/drastic/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #540 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kabinet [French](/french/) déranger [Italian](/italian/) egregio [Japanese](/japanese/) げすと [Korean](/korean/) 미사일 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) cueca [Spanish](/spanish/) dibujo [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 輪 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 轮 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "drop" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [crop](/bip39-word/crop/)[drip](/bip39-word/drip/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D" [ #536 drill ](/bip39-word/drill/)[ #537 drink ](/bip39-word/drink/)[ #538 drip ](/bip39-word/drip/)[ #539 drive ](/bip39-word/drive/)[ #541 drum ](/bip39-word/drum/)[ #542 dry ](/bip39-word/dry/)[ #543 duck ](/bip39-word/duck/)[ #544 dumb ](/bip39-word/dumb/) [View all words starting with "D" ](/bip39-words/d/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)