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title: "BIP39 Word #1034: license — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/license/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1034 10000001001 

# license — BIP39 word #1034

"**license**" is word #1034 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [library](/bip39-word/library/) and [life](/bip39-word/life/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000001001`, decimal index 1033\. 

/ˈlaɪsəns/  · _noun:_ an official document giving permission to own or do something 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[abuse](/bip39-word/abuse/)[scorpion](/bip39-word/scorpion/)[patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/)[muffin](/bip39-word/muffin/)[matrix](/bip39-word/matrix/)[lunch](/bip39-word/lunch/)[lobster](/bip39-word/lobster/)[lens](/bip39-word/lens/)[like](/bip39-word/like/)[lift](/bip39-word/lift/)[library](/bip39-word/library/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x409

4-Letter Prefix

lice

## About "license" in BIP39

- "license" has 7 letters, but the first three, **"lic"**, already identify it, because **"li"** also begins 16 other words, among them [liar](/bip39-word/liar/), [liberty](/bip39-word/liberty/), [library](/bip39-word/library/) and [life](/bip39-word/life/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"lice"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins licence in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1034 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) ocas 

[French](/french/) inexact 

[Italian](/italian/) mnemonico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) そぼろ 

[Korean](/korean/) 심정 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) incidir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) litera 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L"

[ #1030 level ](/bip39-word/level/)[ #1031 liar ](/bip39-word/liar/)[ #1032 liberty ](/bip39-word/liberty/)[ #1033 library ](/bip39-word/library/)[ #1035 life ](/bip39-word/life/)[ #1036 lift ](/bip39-word/lift/)[ #1037 light ](/bip39-word/light/)[ #1038 like ](/bip39-word/like/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)