Word #1107 10001010010
medal — BIP39 word #1107
"medal" is word #1107 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between mechanic and media.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10001010010,
decimal index 1106.
/ˈmɛdl/ · noun: a metal disk given as an award or honor
Russian: медаль
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
#1107 of 2048
Hex Index
0x452
4-Letter Prefix
meda
About "medal" in BIP39
- "medal" has 5 letters, but the first four, "meda", already identify it, because "med" also begins media.
- "meda" is unique only within the English list: it also begins medalla in the Spanish list and medalha in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1107 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "medal" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "medal" /ˈmɛdl/ is one sound away from these 3 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "med":