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title: "BIP39 Word #995: labor — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/labor/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #995 01111100010 

# labor — BIP39 word #995

"**labor**" is word #995 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [label](/bip39-word/label/) and [ladder](/bip39-word/ladder/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111100010`, decimal index 994\. 

/ˈleɪbə/  · _noun:_ hard physical work, or the process of giving birth 

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

## 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):

[wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[detail](/bip39-word/detail/)[fox](/bip39-word/fox/)[hobby](/bip39-word/hobby/)[inmate](/bip39-word/inmate/)[joke](/bip39-word/joke/)[layer](/bip39-word/layer/)[later](/bip39-word/later/)[lamp](/bip39-word/lamp/)[lab](/bip39-word/lab/)[ladder](/bip39-word/ladder/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3E2

4-Letter Prefix

labo

## About "labor" in BIP39

- "labor" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"labo"**, already identify it, because **"lab"** also begins [lab](/bip39-word/lab/) and [label](/bip39-word/label/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [lab](/bip39-word/lab/). Write "labor" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- **"labo"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins labourer in the [French list](/french/) and laboral in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #995 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nutnost 

[French](/french/) housse 

[Italian](/italian/) melis 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんろ 

[Korean](/korean/) 식생활 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) hipoteca 

[Spanish](/spanish/) leal 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "labor" /ˈleɪbə/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[label /ˈleɪbl/](/bip39-word/label/)[later /ˈleɪtə/](/bip39-word/later/)[layer /ˈleɪə/](/bip39-word/layer/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "lab":

[lab](/bip39-word/lab/)[label](/bip39-word/label/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L"

[ #993 lab ](/bip39-word/lab/)[ #994 label ](/bip39-word/label/)[ #996 ladder ](/bip39-word/ladder/)[ #997 lady ](/bip39-word/lady/)[ #998 lake ](/bip39-word/lake/)[ #999 lamp ](/bip39-word/lamp/)[ #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

- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)
- [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/)

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