--- title: "BIP39 Word #558: east — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/east/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #558 01000101101 # east — BIP39 word #558 "**east**" is word #558 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [easily](/bip39-word/easily/) and [easy](/bip39-word/easy/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000101101`, decimal index 557\. /iːst/ · _noun:_ the direction in which the sun rises [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): восток ## 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): [shield](/bip39-word/shield/)[aisle](/bip39-word/aisle/)[grant](/bip39-word/grant/)[fiber](/bip39-word/fiber/)[ethics](/bip39-word/ethics/)[double](/bip39-word/double/)[element](/bip39-word/element/)[dwarf](/bip39-word/dwarf/)[early](/bip39-word/early/)[echo](/bip39-word/echo/)[easily](/bip39-word/easily/) Position Hex Index 0x22D 4-Letter Prefix east ## About "east" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "east": **"eas"** also begins [easily](/bip39-word/easily/) and [easy](/bip39-word/easy/). ## Word #558 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kantor [French](/french/) dialogue [Italian](/italian/) empirico [Japanese](/japanese/) けなげ [Korean](/korean/) 바늘 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) datar [Spanish](/spanish/) doce [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 溶 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 溶 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "east" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [easy](/bip39-word/easy/)[vast](/bip39-word/vast/) Words sharing the first three letters "eas": [easily](/bip39-word/easily/)[easy](/bip39-word/easy/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E" [ #554 early ](/bip39-word/early/)[ #555 earn ](/bip39-word/earn/)[ #556 earth ](/bip39-word/earth/)[ #557 easily ](/bip39-word/easily/)[ #559 easy ](/bip39-word/easy/)[ #560 echo ](/bip39-word/echo/)[ #561 ecology ](/bip39-word/ecology/)[ #562 economy ](/bip39-word/economy/) [View all words starting with "E" ](/bip39-words/e/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to View & Recover Bitcoin Wallet.dat Content](/how-to-view-and-recover-bitcoin-wallet-dat-content/) - [Bitcoin Private Key Format: WIF, Base58 and Hex Explained](/private-key-btc/) - [How to Encrypt a Seed Phrase: AES, XOR and Steganography](/seed-phrase-encrypting-with-aes-xor-and-steganography/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)