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title: "BIP39 Word #584: employ — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/employ/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #584 01001000111 

# employ — BIP39 word #584

"**employ**" is word #584 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [emotion](/bip39-word/emotion/) and [empower](/bip39-word/empower/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001000111`, decimal index 583\. 

/ɪmˈplɔɪ/  · _verb:_ to give someone paid work, or to use something 

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

## 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):

[similar](/bip39-word/similar/)[angry](/bip39-word/angry/)[happy](/bip39-word/happy/)[flight](/bip39-word/flight/)[domain](/bip39-word/domain/)[erupt](/bip39-word/erupt/)[enough](/bip39-word/enough/)[enemy](/bip39-word/enemy/)[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[emerge](/bip39-word/emerge/)[emotion](/bip39-word/emotion/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x247

4-Letter Prefix

empl

## About "employ" in BIP39

- "employ" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"empl"**, already identify it, because **"emp"** also begins [empower](/bip39-word/empower/) and [empty](/bip39-word/empty/).
- **"empl"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins employer in the [French list](/french/) and empleo in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #584 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) keramika 

[French](/french/) donateur 

[Italian](/italian/) esame 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けんしゅう 

[Korean](/korean/) 발바닥 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) demolido 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ecuador 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "emp":

[empower](/bip39-word/empower/)[empty](/bip39-word/empty/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #580 embody ](/bip39-word/embody/)[ #581 embrace ](/bip39-word/embrace/)[ #582 emerge ](/bip39-word/emerge/)[ #583 emotion ](/bip39-word/emotion/)[ #585 empower ](/bip39-word/empower/)[ #586 empty ](/bip39-word/empty/)[ #587 enable ](/bip39-word/enable/)[ #588 enact ](/bip39-word/enact/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

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