--- title: "BIP39 Word #1079: man — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/man/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1079 10000110110 # man — BIP39 word #1079 "**man**" is word #1079 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [mammal](/bip39-word/mammal/) and [manage](/bip39-word/manage/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000110110`, decimal index 1078\. /mæn/ · _noun:_ an adult male human being [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мужчина ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [almost](/bip39-word/almost/)[short](/bip39-word/short/)[plug](/bip39-word/plug/)[nothing](/bip39-word/nothing/)[mom](/bip39-word/mom/)[lizard](/bip39-word/lizard/)[luggage](/bip39-word/luggage/)[march](/bip39-word/march/)[main](/bip39-word/main/)[make](/bip39-word/make/)[manage](/bip39-word/manage/) Position Hex Index 0x436 4-Letter Prefix man ## About "man" in BIP39 - All three letters of "man" also begin longer words: [manage](/bip39-word/manage/), [mandate](/bip39-word/mandate/), [mango](/bip39-word/mango/), [mansion](/bip39-word/mansion/) and [manual](/bip39-word/manual/). So "man" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"man"** but manage as **"mana"**. ## Word #1079 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) ohnisko [French](/french/) jetable [Italian](/italian/) nafta [Japanese](/japanese/) たいほ [Korean](/korean/) 야간 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) isento [Spanish](/spanish/) malla [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 忙 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 忙 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 6 BIP39 words differ from "man" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [can](/bip39-word/can/)[fan](/bip39-word/fan/)[mad](/bip39-word/mad/)[main](/bip39-word/main/)[mean](/bip39-word/mean/)[van](/bip39-word/van/) Read aloud, "man" /mæn/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [mass /mæs/](/bip39-word/mass/)[match /mæʧ/](/bip39-word/match/)[math /mæθ/](/bip39-word/math/)[moon /muːn/](/bip39-word/moon/) Words sharing the first three letters "man": [manage](/bip39-word/manage/)[mandate](/bip39-word/mandate/)[mango](/bip39-word/mango/)[mansion](/bip39-word/mansion/)[manual](/bip39-word/manual/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M" [ #1075 main ](/bip39-word/main/)[ #1076 major ](/bip39-word/major/)[ #1077 make ](/bip39-word/make/)[ #1078 mammal ](/bip39-word/mammal/)[ #1080 manage ](/bip39-word/manage/)[ #1081 mandate ](/bip39-word/mandate/)[ #1082 mango ](/bip39-word/mango/)[ #1083 mansion ](/bip39-word/mansion/) [View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/) - [How to Generate a BIP39 Seed Phrase with Dice, Step by Step](/seed-phrase-with-dice/) - [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)