Word #832 01100111111

gun — BIP39 word #832

"gun" is word #832 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between guitar and gym. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 01100111111, decimal index 831.

/gʌn/ · noun: a weapon that fires bullets or shells from a metal tube

Russian: ружьё

Binary Representation

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

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

Position

#832 of 2048

Hex Index

0x33F

4-Letter Prefix

gun

About "gun" in BIP39

  • It takes all three letters to identify "gun": "gu" also begins guard, guess, guide, guilt and guitar. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

Word #832 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech meloun
French firme
Italian incrocio
Japanese しめる
Korean 선장
Portuguese fiapo
Spanish guante

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

3 BIP39 words differ from "gun" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "gun" /gʌn/ is one sound away from these 3 words:

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