Word #1103 10001001110
mean — BIP39 word #1103
"mean" is word #1103 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between meadow and measure.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10001001110,
decimal index 1102.
/miːn/ · verb: to express or signify something, or to intend it
Russian: означать
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):
Position
#1103 of 2048
Hex Index
0x44E
4-Letter Prefix
mean
About "mean" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "mean": "mea" also begins meadow, measure and meat.
- "mean" is unique only within the English list: it also begins meandro in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1103 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "mean" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "mean" /miːn/ is one sound away from these 4 words: