Word #569 01000111000
either — BIP39 word #569
"either" is word #569 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between eight and elbow.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01000111000,
decimal index 568.
/ˈaɪðə/ · determiner: one or the other of two
Russian: либо
Binary Representation
Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#569 of 2048
Hex Index
0x238
4-Letter Prefix
eith
About "either" in BIP39
- "either" has 6 letters, but the first three, "eit", already identify it, because "ei" also begins eight. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
Word #569 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "either" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "either" /ˈaɪðə/ is one sound away from this word: