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title: "BIP39 Word #544: dumb — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/dumb/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #544 01000011111 

# dumb — BIP39 word #544

"**dumb**" is word #544 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [duck](/bip39-word/duck/) and [dune](/bip39-word/dune/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000011111`, decimal index 543\. 

/dʌm/  · _adjective:_ an informal and impolite word meaning stupid or foolish 

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

## 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):

[sentence](/bip39-word/sentence/)[advance](/bip39-word/advance/)[glue](/bip39-word/glue/)[fault](/bip39-word/fault/)[episode](/bip39-word/episode/)[elevator](/bip39-word/elevator/)[draft](/bip39-word/draft/)[drill](/bip39-word/drill/)[drop](/bip39-word/drop/)[dry](/bip39-word/dry/)[duck](/bip39-word/duck/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x21F

4-Letter Prefix

dumb

## About "dumb" in BIP39

- "dumb" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"dum"**, already identify it, because **"du"** also begins [duck](/bip39-word/duck/), [dune](/bip39-word/dune/), [during](/bip39-word/during/), [dust](/bip39-word/dust/), [dutch](/bip39-word/dutch/) and [duty](/bip39-word/duty/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #544 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kahan 

[French](/french/) désert 

[Italian](/italian/) elencato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けつあつ 

[Korean](/korean/) 미움 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) culminar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) diez 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "dumb" /dʌm/ is one sound away from these 6 words: 

[come /kʌm/](/bip39-word/come/)[dove /dʌv/](/bip39-word/dove/)[drum /drʌm/](/bip39-word/drum/)[duck /dʌk/](/bip39-word/duck/)[dutch /dʌʧ/](/bip39-word/dutch/)[thumb /θʌm/](/bip39-word/thumb/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #540 drop ](/bip39-word/drop/)[ #541 drum ](/bip39-word/drum/)[ #542 dry ](/bip39-word/dry/)[ #543 duck ](/bip39-word/duck/)[ #545 dune ](/bip39-word/dune/)[ #546 during ](/bip39-word/during/)[ #547 dust ](/bip39-word/dust/)[ #548 dutch ](/bip39-word/dutch/) 

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

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