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title: "BIP39 Word #579: embark — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/embark/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #579 01001000010 

# embark — BIP39 word #579

"**embark**" is word #579 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [else](/bip39-word/else/) and [embody](/bip39-word/embody/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001000010`, decimal index 578\. 

/ɪmˈbɑːk/  · _verb:_ to get on a ship or plane, or begin a new project 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[sign](/bip39-word/sign/)[analyst](/bip39-word/analyst/)[hair](/bip39-word/hair/)[flame](/bip39-word/flame/)[doctor](/bip39-word/doctor/)[era](/bip39-word/era/)[engage](/bip39-word/engage/)[enable](/bip39-word/enable/)[emotion](/bip39-word/emotion/)[elite](/bip39-word/elite/)[embody](/bip39-word/embody/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x242

4-Letter Prefix

emba

## About "embark" in BIP39

- "embark" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"emba"**, already identify it, because **"emb"** also begins [embody](/bip39-word/embody/) and [embrace](/bip39-word/embrace/).
- **"emba"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins emballer in the [French list](/french/) and embargo in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #579 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kazivost 

[French](/french/) dogme 

[Italian](/italian/) ermetico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けんか 

[Korean](/korean/) 발걸음 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) delegado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) duro 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "emb":

[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[embrace](/bip39-word/embrace/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #575 elephant ](/bip39-word/elephant/)[ #576 elevator ](/bip39-word/elevator/)[ #577 elite ](/bip39-word/elite/)[ #578 else ](/bip39-word/else/)[ #580 embody ](/bip39-word/embody/)[ #581 embrace ](/bip39-word/embrace/)[ #582 emerge ](/bip39-word/emerge/)[ #583 emotion ](/bip39-word/emotion/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)

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