--- title: "BIP39 Word #1103: mean — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/mean/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1103 10001001110 # mean — BIP39 word #1103 "**mean**" is word #1103 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [meadow](/bip39-word/meadow/) and [measure](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [antenna](/bip39-word/antenna/)[six](/bip39-word/six/)[prefer](/bip39-word/prefer/)[oil](/bip39-word/oil/)[limb](/bip39-word/limb/)[miss](/bip39-word/miss/)[mesh](/bip39-word/mesh/)[match](/bip39-word/match/)[matter](/bip39-word/matter/)[maze](/bip39-word/maze/)[measure](/bip39-word/measure/) Position Hex Index 0x44E 4-Letter Prefix mean ## About "mean" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "mean": **"mea"** also begins [meadow](/bip39-word/meadow/), [measure](/bip39-word/measure/) and [meat](/bip39-word/meat/). - **"mean"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins meandro in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1103 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) omluva [French](/french/) label [Italian](/italian/) ninfa [Japanese](/japanese/) だじゃれ [Korean](/korean/) 언덕 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) judoca [Spanish](/spanish/) marrón [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 謀 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 谋 ## 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: [bean](/bip39-word/bean/)[man](/bip39-word/man/)[meat](/bip39-word/meat/) Read aloud, "mean" /miːn/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [keen /kiːn/](/bip39-word/keen/)[main /meɪn/](/bip39-word/main/)[moon /muːn/](/bip39-word/moon/)[scene /siːn/](/bip39-word/scene/) Words sharing the first three letters "mea": [meadow](/bip39-word/meadow/)[measure](/bip39-word/measure/)[meat](/bip39-word/meat/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M" [ #1099 matter ](/bip39-word/matter/)[ #1100 maximum ](/bip39-word/maximum/)[ #1101 maze ](/bip39-word/maze/)[ #1102 meadow ](/bip39-word/meadow/)[ #1104 measure ](/bip39-word/measure/)[ #1105 meat ](/bip39-word/meat/)[ #1106 mechanic ](/bip39-word/mechanic/)[ #1107 medal ](/bip39-word/medal/) [View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [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/) - [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)