Word #574 01000111101
element — BIP39 word #574
"element" is word #574 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between elegant and elephant.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01000111101,
decimal index 573.
/ˈɛlɪmənt/ · noun: a basic part of something, or a pure chemical substance
Russian: элемент
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):
Position
#574 of 2048
Hex Index
0x23D
4-Letter Prefix
elem
About "element" in BIP39
- "element" has 7 letters, but the first four, "elem", already identify it, because "ele" also begins electric, elegant, elephant and elevator.
- "elem" is unique only within the English list: it also begins elemento in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #574 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "element" /ˈɛlɪmənt/ is one sound away from these 2 words: