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title: "BIP39 Word #1018: left — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/left/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1018 01111111001 

# left — BIP39 word #1018

"**left**" is word #1018 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [lecture](/bip39-word/lecture/) and [leg](/bip39-word/leg/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111111001`, decimal index 1017\. 

/lɛft/  · _adjective:_ on the side that is to the west when you face north 

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

## 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):

[you](/bip39-word/you/)[dish](/bip39-word/dish/)[game](/bip39-word/game/)[hundred](/bip39-word/hundred/)[jaguar](/bip39-word/jaguar/)[kite](/bip39-word/kite/)[large](/bip39-word/large/)[lawsuit](/bip39-word/lawsuit/)[leisure](/bip39-word/leisure/)[legal](/bip39-word/legal/)[lecture](/bip39-word/lecture/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3F9

4-Letter Prefix

left

## About "left" in BIP39

- "left" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"lef"**, already identify it, because **"le"** also begins 17 other words, among them [leader](/bip39-word/leader/), [leaf](/bip39-word/leaf/), [learn](/bip39-word/learn/) and [leave](/bip39-word/leave/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1018 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) obojek 

[French](/french/) impact 

[Italian](/italian/) milano 

[Japanese](/japanese/) そそぐ 

[Korean](/korean/) 실습 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) imersivo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lienzo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "left" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[lift](/bip39-word/lift/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L"

[ #1014 leaf ](/bip39-word/leaf/)[ #1015 learn ](/bip39-word/learn/)[ #1016 leave ](/bip39-word/leave/)[ #1017 lecture ](/bip39-word/lecture/)[ #1019 leg ](/bip39-word/leg/)[ #1020 legal ](/bip39-word/legal/)[ #1021 legend ](/bip39-word/legend/)[ #1022 leisure ](/bip39-word/leisure/) 

[View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)

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