later — BIP39 word #1003
"later" is word #1003 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between large and latin.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01111101010,
decimal index 1002.
/ˈleɪtə/ · adverb: at a time in the future, or after the time mentioned
Russian: позже
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
#1003 of 2048
Hex Index
0x3EA
4-Letter Prefix
late
About "later" in BIP39
- "later" has 5 letters, but the first four, "late", already identify it, because "lat" also begins latin.
- "late" is unique only within the English list: it also begins latenza in the Italian list and lateral in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1003 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
2 BIP39 words differ from "later" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Swap two neighbouring letters and "later" becomes alter, another valid word that is easy to miss when copying a phrase.
Read aloud, "later" /ˈleɪtə/ is one sound away from these 2 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "lat":