--- title: "BIP39 Word #1074: mail — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/mail/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1074 10000110001 # mail — BIP39 word #1074 "**mail**" is word #1074 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [maid](/bip39-word/maid/) and [main](/bip39-word/main/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000110001`, decimal index 1073\. /meɪl/ · _noun:_ letters and parcels sent by post, or email [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): почта ## 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): [alert](/bip39-word/alert/)[shiver](/bip39-word/shiver/)[plate](/bip39-word/plate/)[normal](/bip39-word/normal/)[mixed](/bip39-word/mixed/)[lion](/bip39-word/lion/)[loud](/bip39-word/loud/)[mango](/bip39-word/mango/)[mammal](/bip39-word/mammal/)[major](/bip39-word/major/)[maid](/bip39-word/maid/) Position Hex Index 0x431 4-Letter Prefix mail ## About "mail" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "mail": **"mai"** also begins [maid](/bip39-word/maid/) and [main](/bip39-word/main/). - **"mail"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins maillon in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1074 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) odvracet [French](/french/) janvier [Italian](/italian/) muscolo [Japanese](/japanese/) たいのう [Korean](/korean/) 앞문 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) iraniano [Spanish](/spanish/) magia [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 彩 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 彩 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "mail" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [maid](/bip39-word/maid/)[main](/bip39-word/main/)[rail](/bip39-word/rail/)[sail](/bip39-word/sail/)[tail](/bip39-word/tail/) Read aloud, "mail" /meɪl/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [make /meɪk/](/bip39-word/make/)[maze /meɪz/](/bip39-word/maze/)[whale /weɪl/](/bip39-word/whale/) Words sharing the first three letters "mai": [maid](/bip39-word/maid/)[main](/bip39-word/main/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M" [ #1070 mad ](/bip39-word/mad/)[ #1071 magic ](/bip39-word/magic/)[ #1072 magnet ](/bip39-word/magnet/)[ #1073 maid ](/bip39-word/maid/)[ #1075 main ](/bip39-word/main/)[ #1076 major ](/bip39-word/major/)[ #1077 make ](/bip39-word/make/)[ #1078 mammal ](/bip39-word/mammal/) [View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/) - [Monero Seed Phrase: 25 Words, Polyseed and Private Keys](/seed-phrase-and-private-key-format-of-monero-guide/) - [BIP85: Derive Many Seed Phrases From One Seed](/bip85/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)