--- title: "BIP39 Word #1003: later — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/later/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1003 01111101010 # later — BIP39 word #1003 "**later**" is word #1003 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [large](/bip39-word/large/) and [latin](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [wool](/bip39-word/wool/)[diary](/bip39-word/diary/)[front](/bip39-word/front/)[hood](/bip39-word/hood/)[inspire](/bip39-word/inspire/)[junk](/bip39-word/junk/)[leg](/bip39-word/leg/)[labor](/bip39-word/labor/)[lava](/bip39-word/lava/)[laptop](/bip39-word/laptop/)[latin](/bip39-word/latin/) Position 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](/bip39-word/latin/). - **"late"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins latenza in the [Italian list](/italian/) and lateral in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1003 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) obehnat [French](/french/) hydromel [Italian](/italian/) meschino [Japanese](/japanese/) そうだん [Korean](/korean/) 신발 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) humorado [Spanish](/spanish/) lengua [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 盤 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 盘 ## 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: [layer](/bip39-word/layer/)[water](/bip39-word/water/) Swap two neighbouring letters and "later" becomes [alter](/bip39-word/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: [labor /ˈleɪbə/](/bip39-word/labor/)[letter /ˈlɛtə/](/bip39-word/letter/) Words sharing the first three letters "lat": [latin](/bip39-word/latin/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L" [ #999 lamp ](/bip39-word/lamp/)[ #1000 language ](/bip39-word/language/)[ #1001 laptop ](/bip39-word/laptop/)[ #1002 large ](/bip39-word/large/)[ #1004 latin ](/bip39-word/latin/)[ #1005 laugh ](/bip39-word/laugh/)[ #1006 laundry ](/bip39-word/laundry/)[ #1007 lava ](/bip39-word/lava/) [View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/) - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)