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title: "BIP39 Word #1039: limb — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/limb/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1039 10000001110 

# limb — BIP39 word #1039

"**limb**" is word #1039 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [like](/bip39-word/like/) and [limit](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[achieve](/bip39-word/achieve/)[scrub](/bip39-word/scrub/)[peace](/bip39-word/peace/)[mushroom](/bip39-word/mushroom/)[mean](/bip39-word/mean/)[magic](/bip39-word/magic/)[long](/bip39-word/long/)[liar](/bip39-word/liar/)[life](/bip39-word/life/)[light](/bip39-word/light/)[limit](/bip39-word/limit/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x40E

4-Letter Prefix

limb

## About "limb" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "limb": **"lim"** also begins [limit](/bip39-word/limit/).

## Word #1039 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) ochrana 

[French](/french/) ingérer 

[Italian](/italian/) mogio 

[Japanese](/japanese/) そめる 

[Korean](/korean/) 아가씨 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) indutor 

[Spanish](/spanish/) llanto 

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

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

## 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: 

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

Read aloud, "limb" /lɪm/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[gym /ʤɪm/](/bip39-word/gym/)[live /lɪv/](/bip39-word/live/)[slim /slɪm/](/bip39-word/slim/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "lim":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L"

[ #1035 life ](/bip39-word/life/)[ #1036 lift ](/bip39-word/lift/)[ #1037 light ](/bip39-word/light/)[ #1038 like ](/bip39-word/like/)[ #1040 limit ](/bip39-word/limit/)[ #1041 link ](/bip39-word/link/)[ #1042 lion ](/bip39-word/lion/)[ #1043 liquid ](/bip39-word/liquid/) 

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

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