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title: "BIP39 Word #1021: legend — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/legend/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1021 01111111100 

# legend — BIP39 word #1021

"**legend**" is word #1021 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [legal](/bip39-word/legal/) and [leisure](/bip39-word/leisure/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111111100`, decimal index 1020\. 

/ˈlɛʤənd/  · _noun:_ a traditional story from the past that may not be true 

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

## 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):

[zebra](/bip39-word/zebra/)[display](/bip39-word/display/)[garbage](/bip39-word/garbage/)[hurdle](/bip39-word/hurdle/)[jealous](/bip39-word/jealous/)[knee](/bip39-word/knee/)[laugh](/bip39-word/laugh/)[leader](/bip39-word/leader/)[lecture](/bip39-word/lecture/)[lemon](/bip39-word/lemon/)[leisure](/bip39-word/leisure/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3FC

4-Letter Prefix

lege

## About "legend" in BIP39

- "legend" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"lege"**, already identify it, because **"leg"** also begins [leg](/bip39-word/leg/) and [legal](/bip39-word/legal/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [leg](/bip39-word/leg/). Write "legend" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- **"lege"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins legendar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/) and legenda in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1021 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) obrna 

[French](/french/) imposer 

[Italian](/italian/) minerale 

[Japanese](/japanese/) そつえん 

[Korean](/korean/) 실정 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) imortal 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lima 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "leg":

[leg](/bip39-word/leg/)[legal](/bip39-word/legal/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L"

[ #1017 lecture ](/bip39-word/lecture/)[ #1018 left ](/bip39-word/left/)[ #1019 leg ](/bip39-word/leg/)[ #1020 legal ](/bip39-word/legal/)[ #1022 leisure ](/bip39-word/leisure/)[ #1023 lemon ](/bip39-word/lemon/)[ #1024 lend ](/bip39-word/lend/)[ #1025 length ](/bip39-word/length/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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