--- title: "BIP39 Word #993: lab — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/lab/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #993 01111100000 # lab — BIP39 word #993 "**lab**" is word #993 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [know](/bip39-word/know/) and [label](/bip39-word/label/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111100000`, decimal index 992\. /læb/ · _noun:_ a short word for laboratory, a room for scientific work [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): лаборатория ## 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): [winter](/bip39-word/winter/)[despair](/bip39-word/despair/)[foster](/bip39-word/foster/)[hire](/bip39-word/hire/)[inject](/bip39-word/inject/)[job](/bip39-word/job/)[lawn](/bip39-word/lawn/)[laptop](/bip39-word/laptop/)[lady](/bip39-word/lady/)[labor](/bip39-word/labor/)[label](/bip39-word/label/) Position Hex Index 0x3E0 4-Letter Prefix lab ## About "lab" in BIP39 - All three letters of "lab" also begin longer words: [label](/bip39-word/label/) and [labor](/bip39-word/labor/). So "lab" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"lab"** but label as **"labe"**. ## Word #993 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) nuget [French](/french/) horrible [Italian](/italian/) mega [Japanese](/japanese/) ぜんりゃく [Korean](/korean/) 식빵 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) hipismo [Spanish](/spanish/) lavar [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 伊 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 伊 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "lab" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [law](/bip39-word/law/)[slab](/bip39-word/slab/) Words sharing the first three letters "lab": [label](/bip39-word/label/)[labor](/bip39-word/labor/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L" [ #994 label ](/bip39-word/label/)[ #995 labor ](/bip39-word/labor/)[ #996 ladder ](/bip39-word/ladder/)[ #997 lady ](/bip39-word/lady/)[ #1065 lunar ](/bip39-word/lunar/)[ #1066 lunch ](/bip39-word/lunch/)[ #1067 luxury ](/bip39-word/luxury/)[ #1068 lyrics ](/bip39-word/lyrics/) [View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/) - [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/) - [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)