Word #879 01101101110
horse — BIP39 word #879
"horse" is word #879 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between horror and hospital.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01101101110,
decimal index 878.
/hɔːs/ · noun: a large four-legged animal used for riding and pulling loads
Russian: лошадь
Binary Representation
Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#879 of 2048
Hex Index
0x36E
4-Letter Prefix
hors
About "horse" in BIP39
- "horse" has 5 letters, but the first four, "hors", already identify it, because "hor" also begins horn and horror.
- "hors" is unique only within the English list: it also begins horstvo in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #879 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "horse" /hɔːs/ is one sound away from these 6 words: