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title: "BIP39 Word #861: high — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/high/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #861 01101011100 

# high — BIP39 word #861

"**high**" is word #861 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/) and [hill](/bip39-word/hill/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101011100`, decimal index 860\. 

/haɪ/  · _adjective:_ far above the ground, or greater than normal 

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

## 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):

[twist](/bip39-word/twist/)[clog](/bip39-word/clog/)[entire](/bip39-word/entire/)[knee](/bip39-word/knee/)[glory](/bip39-word/glory/)[hurdle](/bip39-word/hurdle/)[hat](/bip39-word/hat/)[hedgehog](/bip39-word/hedgehog/)[help](/bip39-word/help/)[hint](/bip39-word/hint/)[hill](/bip39-word/hill/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x35C

4-Letter Prefix

high

## About "high" in BIP39

- "high" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"hig"**, already identify it, because **"hi"** also begins [hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/), [hill](/bip39-word/hill/), [hint](/bip39-word/hint/), [hip](/bip39-word/hip/), [hire](/bip39-word/hire/) and [history](/bip39-word/history/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #861 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) mnohem 

[French](/french/) fourmi 

[Italian](/italian/) invece 

[Japanese](/japanese/) しょくたく 

[Korean](/korean/) 센터 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) folgado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hermano 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "high" /haɪ/ is one sound away from these 5 words: 

[eye /aɪ/](/bip39-word/eye/)[hair /heə/](/bip39-word/hair/)[height /haɪt/](/bip39-word/height/)[hire /ˈhaɪə/](/bip39-word/hire/)[shy /ʃaɪ/](/bip39-word/shy/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #857 help ](/bip39-word/help/)[ #858 hen ](/bip39-word/hen/)[ #859 hero ](/bip39-word/hero/)[ #860 hidden ](/bip39-word/hidden/)[ #862 hill ](/bip39-word/hill/)[ #863 hint ](/bip39-word/hint/)[ #864 hip ](/bip39-word/hip/)[ #865 hire ](/bip39-word/hire/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)

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