--- title: "BIP39 Word #1008: law — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/law/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1008 01111101111 # law — BIP39 word #1008 "**law**" is word #1008 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [lava](/bip39-word/lava/) and [lawn](/bip39-word/lawn/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111101111`, decimal index 1007\. /lɔː/ · _noun:_ a rule or system of rules made by a government [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): закон ## Binary Representation Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [worth](/bip39-word/worth/)[digital](/bip39-word/digital/)[fuel](/bip39-word/fuel/)[hospital](/bip39-word/hospital/)[invest](/bip39-word/invest/)[ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[lend](/bip39-word/lend/)[language](/bip39-word/language/)[latin](/bip39-word/latin/)[laundry](/bip39-word/laundry/)[lava](/bip39-word/lava/) Position Hex Index 0x3EF 4-Letter Prefix law ## About "law" in BIP39 - All three letters of "law" also begin longer words: [lawn](/bip39-word/lawn/) and [lawsuit](/bip39-word/lawsuit/). So "law" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"law"** but lawn as **"lawn"**. ## Word #1008 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) objasnit [French](/french/) ignorer [Italian](/italian/) metodo [Japanese](/japanese/) そえもの [Korean](/korean/) 신제품 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) igreja [Spanish](/spanish/) lesión [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 錄 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 录 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "law" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [claw](/bip39-word/claw/)[lab](/bip39-word/lab/)[lawn](/bip39-word/lawn/)[raw](/bip39-word/raw/) Read aloud, "law" /lɔː/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [core /kɔː/](/bip39-word/core/)[door /dɔː/](/bip39-word/door/)[floor /flɔː/](/bip39-word/floor/)[more /mɔː/](/bip39-word/more/) Words sharing the first three letters "law": [lawn](/bip39-word/lawn/)[lawsuit](/bip39-word/lawsuit/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L" [ #1004 latin ](/bip39-word/latin/)[ #1005 laugh ](/bip39-word/laugh/)[ #1006 laundry ](/bip39-word/laundry/)[ #1007 lava ](/bip39-word/lava/)[ #1009 lawn ](/bip39-word/lawn/)[ #1010 lawsuit ](/bip39-word/lawsuit/)[ #1011 layer ](/bip39-word/layer/)[ #1012 lazy ](/bip39-word/lazy/) [View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/) - [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/) - [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)