--- title: "BIP39 Word #769: gas — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/gas/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #769 01100000000 # gas — BIP39 word #769 "**gas**" is word #769 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [garment](/bip39-word/garment/) and [gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01100000000`, decimal index 768\. /gæs/ · _noun:_ a substance like air that is neither solid nor liquid, or fuel [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): газ ## Binary Representation Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [theme](/bip39-word/theme/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[divorce](/bip39-word/divorce/)[hybrid](/bip39-word/hybrid/)[gym](/bip39-word/gym/)[goat](/bip39-word/goat/)[ginger](/bip39-word/ginger/)[genre](/bip39-word/genre/)[gauge](/bip39-word/gauge/)[gate](/bip39-word/gate/)[gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/) Position Hex Index 0x300 4-Letter Prefix gas ## About "gas" in BIP39 - All three letters of "gas" also begin longer words: [gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/). So "gas" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"gas"** but gasp as **"gasp"**. ## Word #769 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) listopad [French](/french/) exhorter [Italian](/italian/) golf [Japanese](/japanese/) さんこう [Korean](/korean/) 사탕 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) evidente [Spanish](/spanish/) futuro [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 模 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 模 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "gas" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [gap](/bip39-word/gap/)[gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/) Read aloud, "gas" /gæs/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [goose /ɡuːs/](/bip39-word/goose/)[guess /gɛs/](/bip39-word/guess/)[mass /mæs/](/bip39-word/mass/) Words sharing the first three letters "gas": [gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "G" [ #765 garbage ](/bip39-word/garbage/)[ #766 garden ](/bip39-word/garden/)[ #767 garlic ](/bip39-word/garlic/)[ #768 garment ](/bip39-word/garment/)[ #770 gasp ](/bip39-word/gasp/)[ #771 gate ](/bip39-word/gate/)[ #772 gather ](/bip39-word/gather/)[ #773 gauge ](/bip39-word/gauge/) [View all words starting with "G" ](/bip39-words/g/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) - [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/) - [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)