Word #1000 01111100111
language — BIP39 word #1000
"language" is word #1000 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between lamp and laptop.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01111100111,
decimal index 999.
/ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/ · noun: the system of words used by people to communicate
Russian: язык
Binary Representation
Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1000 of 2048
Hex Index
0x3E7
4-Letter Prefix
lang
About "language" in BIP39
- "language" has 8 letters, but the first three, "lan", already identify it, because "la" also begins 19 other words, among them lab, label, labor and ladder. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "lang" is unique only within the English list: it also begins langage in the French list and langosta in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.