Word #1075 10000110010
main — BIP39 word #1075
"main" is word #1075 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between mail and major.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10000110010,
decimal index 1074.
/meɪn/ · adjective: most important or largest
Russian: главный
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
#1075 of 2048
Hex Index
0x432
4-Letter Prefix
main
About "main" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "main": "mai" also begins maid and mail.
- "main" is unique only within the English list: it also begins maintien in the French list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1075 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
5 BIP39 words differ from "main" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "main" /meɪn/ is one sound away from these 4 words: