Word #1106 10001010001
mechanic — BIP39 word #1106
"mechanic" is word #1106 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between meat and medal.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10001010001,
decimal index 1105.
/mɪˈkænɪk/ · noun: a person who repairs and maintains machines, especially car engines
Russian: механик
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):
Position
#1106 of 2048
Hex Index
0x451
4-Letter Prefix
mech
About "mechanic" in BIP39
- "mechanic" has 8 letters, but the first three, "mec", already identify it, because "me" also begins 20 other words, among them meadow, mean, measure and meat. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "mech" is unique only within the English list: it also begins mecha in the Spanish list and mechanik in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.