--- title: "BIP39 Word #1037: light — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/light/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1037 10000001100 # light — BIP39 word #1037 "**light**" is word #1037 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [lift](/bip39-word/lift/) and [like](/bip39-word/like/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000001100`, decimal index 1036\. /laɪt/ · _noun:_ the natural brightness that makes it possible to see things [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): свет ## 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): [account](/bip39-word/account/)[screen](/bip39-word/screen/)[pave](/bip39-word/pave/)[muscle](/bip39-word/muscle/)[maze](/bip39-word/maze/)[machine](/bip39-word/machine/)[logic](/bip39-word/logic/)[letter](/bip39-word/letter/)[library](/bip39-word/library/)[limb](/bip39-word/limb/)[like](/bip39-word/like/) Position Hex Index 0x40C 4-Letter Prefix ligh ## About "light" in BIP39 - "light" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"lig"**, 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 [license](/bip39-word/license/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. - "light" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #20 (word 1 of 18). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words. Official test vector #20 light [rule](/bip39-word/rule/) [cinnamon](/bip39-word/cinnamon/) [wrap](/bip39-word/wrap/) [drastic](/bip39-word/drastic/) [word](/bip39-word/word/) [pride](/bip39-word/pride/) [squirrel](/bip39-word/squirrel/) [upgrade](/bip39-word/upgrade/) [then](/bip39-word/then/) [income](/bip39-word/income/) [fatal](/bip39-word/fatal/) [apart](/bip39-word/apart/) [sustain](/bip39-word/sustain/) [crack](/bip39-word/crack/) [supply](/bip39-word/supply/) [proud](/bip39-word/proud/) [access](/bip39-word/access/) ## Word #1037 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) ochladit [French](/french/) informer [Italian](/italian/) modulo [Japanese](/japanese/) そむく [Korean](/korean/) 씨름 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) indeciso [Spanish](/spanish/) llaga [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 慮 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 虑 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 6 BIP39 words differ from "light" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [eight](/bip39-word/eight/)[flight](/bip39-word/flight/)[night](/bip39-word/night/)[right](/bip39-word/right/)[sight](/bip39-word/sight/)[slight](/bip39-word/slight/) Read aloud, "light" /laɪt/ is one sound away from these 6 words: [height /haɪt/](/bip39-word/height/)[kite /kaɪt/](/bip39-word/kite/)[liar /ˈlaɪə/](/bip39-word/liar/)[life /laɪf/](/bip39-word/life/)[like /laɪk/](/bip39-word/like/)[write /raɪt/](/bip39-word/write/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L" [ #1033 library ](/bip39-word/library/)[ #1034 license ](/bip39-word/license/)[ #1035 life ](/bip39-word/life/)[ #1036 lift ](/bip39-word/lift/)[ #1038 like ](/bip39-word/like/)[ #1039 limb ](/bip39-word/limb/)[ #1040 limit ](/bip39-word/limit/)[ #1041 link ](/bip39-word/link/) [View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [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/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)