--- title: "BIP39 Word #1075: main — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/main/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1075 10000110010 # main — BIP39 word #1075 "**main**" is word #1075 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [mail](/bip39-word/mail/) and [major](/bip39-word/major/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000110010`, decimal index 1074\. /meɪn/ · _adjective:_ most important or largest [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [alien](/bip39-word/alien/)[shock](/bip39-word/shock/)[play](/bip39-word/play/)[north](/bip39-word/north/)[mixture](/bip39-word/mixture/)[liquid](/bip39-word/liquid/)[lounge](/bip39-word/lounge/)[mansion](/bip39-word/mansion/)[man](/bip39-word/man/)[maid](/bip39-word/maid/)[major](/bip39-word/major/) Position Hex Index 0x432 4-Letter Prefix main ## About "main" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "main": **"mai"** also begins [maid](/bip39-word/maid/) and [mail](/bip39-word/mail/). - **"main"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins maintien in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1075 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) odznak [French](/french/) jardin [Italian](/italian/) musica [Japanese](/japanese/) たいはん [Korean](/korean/) 애인 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) ironizar [Spanish](/spanish/) mago [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 賣 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 卖 ## 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: [gain](/bip39-word/gain/)[maid](/bip39-word/maid/)[mail](/bip39-word/mail/)[man](/bip39-word/man/)[rain](/bip39-word/rain/) Read aloud, "main" /meɪn/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [make /meɪk/](/bip39-word/make/)[maze /meɪz/](/bip39-word/maze/)[mean /miːn/](/bip39-word/mean/)[moon /muːn/](/bip39-word/moon/) Words sharing the first three letters "mai": [maid](/bip39-word/maid/)[mail](/bip39-word/mail/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M" [ #1071 magic ](/bip39-word/magic/)[ #1072 magnet ](/bip39-word/magnet/)[ #1073 maid ](/bip39-word/maid/)[ #1074 mail ](/bip39-word/mail/)[ #1076 major ](/bip39-word/major/)[ #1077 make ](/bip39-word/make/)[ #1078 mammal ](/bip39-word/mammal/)[ #1079 man ](/bip39-word/man/) [View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to View & Recover Bitcoin Wallet.dat Content](/how-to-view-and-recover-bitcoin-wallet-dat-content/) - [Bitcoin Private Key Format: WIF, Base58 and Hex Explained](/private-key-btc/) - [How to Encrypt a Seed Phrase: AES, XOR and Steganography](/seed-phrase-encrypting-with-aes-xor-and-steganography/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)