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title: "BIP39 Word #587: enable — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/enable/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #587 01001001010 

# enable — BIP39 word #587

"**enable**" is word #587 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [empty](/bip39-word/empty/) and [enact](/bip39-word/enact/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001001010`, decimal index 586\. 

/ɪˈneɪbl/  · _verb:_ to make it possible for someone to do something 

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

## 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):

[sing](/bip39-word/sing/)[announce](/bip39-word/announce/)[harsh](/bip39-word/harsh/)[flock](/bip39-word/flock/)[donor](/bip39-word/donor/)[essence](/bip39-word/essence/)[ensure](/bip39-word/ensure/)[embark](/bip39-word/embark/)[endorse](/bip39-word/endorse/)[empower](/bip39-word/empower/)[enact](/bip39-word/enact/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x24A

4-Letter Prefix

enab

## About "enable" in BIP39

- "enable" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"enab"**, already identify it, because **"ena"** also begins [enact](/bip39-word/enact/).

## Word #587 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kladivo 

[French](/french/) dopamine 

[Italian](/italian/) esca 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けんちく 

[Korean](/korean/) 발자국 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) depilar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) edificio 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "enable" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[unable](/bip39-word/unable/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "ena":

[enact](/bip39-word/enact/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #583 emotion ](/bip39-word/emotion/)[ #584 employ ](/bip39-word/employ/)[ #585 empower ](/bip39-word/empower/)[ #586 empty ](/bip39-word/empty/)[ #588 enact ](/bip39-word/enact/)[ #589 end ](/bip39-word/end/)[ #590 endless ](/bip39-word/endless/)[ #591 endorse ](/bip39-word/endorse/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)
- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)
- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)

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