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title: "BIP39 Word #569: either — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/either/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #569 01000111000 

# either — BIP39 word #569

"**either**" is word #569 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [eight](/bip39-word/eight/) and [elbow](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[shove](/bip39-word/shove/)[alpha](/bip39-word/alpha/)[grow](/bip39-word/grow/)[finish](/bip39-word/finish/)[excuse](/bip39-word/excuse/)[drink](/bip39-word/drink/)[eagle](/bip39-word/eagle/)[ecology](/bip39-word/ecology/)[elegant](/bip39-word/elegant/)[elder](/bip39-word/elder/)[elbow](/bip39-word/elbow/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/eight/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #569 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) karotka 

[French](/french/) directif 

[Italian](/italian/) episodio 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けみかる 

[Korean](/korean/) 반말 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) dedicado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) droga 

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

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

## 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: 

[neither](/bip39-word/neither/) 

Read aloud, "either" /ˈaɪðə/ is one sound away from this word: 

[other /ˈʌðə/](/bip39-word/other/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #565 educate ](/bip39-word/educate/)[ #566 effort ](/bip39-word/effort/)[ #567 egg ](/bip39-word/egg/)[ #568 eight ](/bip39-word/eight/)[ #570 elbow ](/bip39-word/elbow/)[ #571 elder ](/bip39-word/elder/)[ #572 electric ](/bip39-word/electric/)[ #573 elegant ](/bip39-word/elegant/) 

[View all words starting with "E" ](/bip39-words/e/) 

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