Word #866 01101100001
history — BIP39 word #866
"history" is word #866 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between hire and hobby.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01101100001,
decimal index 865.
/ˈhɪstəri/ · noun: the study of past events, or the past of a person or place
Russian: история
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#866 of 2048
Hex Index
0x361
4-Letter Prefix
hist
About "history" in BIP39
- "history" has 7 letters, but the first three, "his", already identify it, because "hi" also begins hidden, high, hill, hint, hip and hire. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "hist" is unique only within the English list: it also begins histoire in the French list, historia in the Spanish list and historik in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #866 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "history" /ˈhɪstəri/ is one sound away from this word: