--- title: "BIP39 Word #1087: march — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/march/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1087 10000111110 # march — BIP39 word #1087 "**march**" is word #1087 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [marble](/bip39-word/marble/) and [margin](/bip39-word/margin/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10000111110`, decimal index 1086\. /mɑːʧ/ · _verb, noun:_ to walk with regular steady steps, or the third month of the year [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): март ## Binary Representation Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [amazing](/bip39-word/amazing/)[sick](/bip39-word/sick/)[pond](/bip39-word/pond/)[oak](/bip39-word/oak/)[more](/bip39-word/more/)[long](/bip39-word/long/)[magic](/bip39-word/magic/)[man](/bip39-word/man/)[mansion](/bip39-word/mansion/)[maple](/bip39-word/maple/)[margin](/bip39-word/margin/) Position Hex Index 0x43E 4-Letter Prefix marc ## About "march" in BIP39 - "march" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"marc"**, already identify it, because **"mar"** also begins [marble](/bip39-word/marble/), [margin](/bip39-word/margin/), [marine](/bip39-word/marine/), [market](/bip39-word/market/) and [marriage](/bip39-word/marriage/). - **"marc"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins marchand in the [French list](/french/), marco in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), marcire in the [Italian list](/italian/) and marcador in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1087 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) okouzlit [French](/french/) jouissif [Italian](/italian/) nautica [Japanese](/japanese/) たいりょく [Korean](/korean/) 약품 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) jardim [Spanish](/spanish/) manga [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 函 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 函 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "march" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [arch](/bip39-word/arch/)[match](/bip39-word/match/) Read aloud, "march" /mɑːʧ/ is one sound away from this word: [much /mʌʧ/](/bip39-word/much/) Words sharing the first three letters "mar": [marble](/bip39-word/marble/)[margin](/bip39-word/margin/)[marine](/bip39-word/marine/)[market](/bip39-word/market/)[marriage](/bip39-word/marriage/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M" [ #1083 mansion ](/bip39-word/mansion/)[ #1084 manual ](/bip39-word/manual/)[ #1085 maple ](/bip39-word/maple/)[ #1086 marble ](/bip39-word/marble/)[ #1088 margin ](/bip39-word/margin/)[ #1089 marine ](/bip39-word/marine/)[ #1090 market ](/bip39-word/market/)[ #1091 marriage ](/bip39-word/marriage/) [View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/) - [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/) - [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)