Word #645 01010000100
explain — BIP39 word #645
"explain" is word #645 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between expire and expose.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01010000100,
decimal index 644.
/ɪksˈpleɪn/ · verb: to make something clear by giving details or reasons
Russian: объяснять
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):
Position
#645 of 2048
Hex Index
0x284
4-Letter Prefix
expl
About "explain" in BIP39
- "explain" has 7 letters, but the first four, "expl", already identify it, because "exp" also begins expand, expect, expire, expose and express.
- "expl" is unique only within the English list: it also begins explorer in the French list, explicar in the Spanish list, explanar in the Portuguese list and exploze in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.