limb — BIP39 word #1039
"limb" is word #1039 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between like and limit.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10000001110,
decimal index 1038.
/lɪm/ · noun: an arm or leg of a person or animal, or a large branch
Russian: конечность
Binary Representation
Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1039 of 2048
Hex Index
0x40E
4-Letter Prefix
limb
About "limb" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "limb": "lim" also begins limit.
Word #1039 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "limb" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "limb" /lɪm/ is one sound away from these 3 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "lim":