--- title: "BIP39 Word #865: hire — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/hire/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #865 01101100000 # hire — BIP39 word #865 "**hire**" is word #865 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hip](/bip39-word/hip/) and [history](/bip39-word/history/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101100000`, decimal index 864\. /ˈhaɪə/ · _verb:_ to employ someone, or to pay to use something for a time [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): нанимать ## Binary Representation Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [ugly](/bip39-word/ugly/)[clown](/bip39-word/clown/)[equal](/bip39-word/equal/)[lab](/bip39-word/lab/)[goat](/bip39-word/goat/)[gym](/bip39-word/gym/)[host](/bip39-word/host/)[home](/bip39-word/home/)[hold](/bip39-word/hold/)[hobby](/bip39-word/hobby/)[history](/bip39-word/history/) Position Hex Index 0x360 4-Letter Prefix hire ## About "hire" in BIP39 - "hire" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"hir"**, already identify it, because **"hi"** also begins [hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/), [high](/bip39-word/high/), [hill](/bip39-word/hill/), [hint](/bip39-word/hint/), [hip](/bip39-word/hip/) and [history](/bip39-word/history/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #865 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) modlitba [French](/french/) frapper [Italian](/italian/) ipotesi [Japanese](/japanese/) しらせる [Korean](/korean/) 소극적 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) forno [Spanish](/spanish/) hierro [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 煙 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 烟 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "hire" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [fire](/bip39-word/fire/)[wire](/bip39-word/wire/) Read aloud, "hire" /ˈhaɪə/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [buyer /ˈbaɪə/](/bip39-word/buyer/)[height /haɪt/](/bip39-word/height/)[high /haɪ/](/bip39-word/high/)[liar /ˈlaɪə/](/bip39-word/liar/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H" [ #861 high ](/bip39-word/high/)[ #862 hill ](/bip39-word/hill/)[ #863 hint ](/bip39-word/hint/)[ #864 hip ](/bip39-word/hip/)[ #866 history ](/bip39-word/history/)[ #867 hobby ](/bip39-word/hobby/)[ #868 hockey ](/bip39-word/hockey/)[ #869 hold ](/bip39-word/hold/) [View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) - [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)