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title: "BIP39 Word #859: hero — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/hero/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #859 01101011010 

# hero — BIP39 word #859

"**hero**" is word #859 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hen](/bip39-word/hen/) and [hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101011010`, decimal index 858\. 

/ˈhɪərəʊ/  · _noun:_ a person admired for courage, or the main character of a story 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

[twice](/bip39-word/twice/)[clip](/bip39-word/clip/)[ensure](/bip39-word/ensure/)[kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/)[globe](/bip39-word/globe/)[hungry](/bip39-word/hungry/)[harsh](/bip39-word/harsh/)[heart](/bip39-word/heart/)[hint](/bip39-word/hint/)[help](/bip39-word/help/)[hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x35A

4-Letter Prefix

hero

## About "hero" in BIP39

- "hero" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"her"**, already identify it, because **"he"** also begins 10 other words, among them [head](/bip39-word/head/), [health](/bip39-word/health/), [heart](/bip39-word/heart/) and [heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #859 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) mluvit 

[French](/french/) fouiller 

[Italian](/italian/) inumidire 

[Japanese](/japanese/) じゅんばん 

[Korean](/korean/) 세종대왕 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) foguete 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hembra 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #855 hello ](/bip39-word/hello/)[ #856 helmet ](/bip39-word/helmet/)[ #857 help ](/bip39-word/help/)[ #858 hen ](/bip39-word/hen/)[ #860 hidden ](/bip39-word/hidden/)[ #861 high ](/bip39-word/high/)[ #862 hill ](/bip39-word/hill/)[ #863 hint ](/bip39-word/hint/) 

[View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/)
- [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/)

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