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title: "BIP39 Word #1117: merit — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/merit/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1117 10001011100 

# merit — BIP39 word #1117

"**merit**" is word #1117 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [merge](/bip39-word/merge/) and [merry](/bip39-word/merry/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10001011100`, decimal index 1116\. 

/ˈmɛrɪt/  · _noun:_ the quality of being good and deserving praise 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): заслуга 

## 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):

[argue](/bip39-word/argue/)[slide](/bip39-word/slide/)[process](/bip39-word/process/)[oppose](/bip39-word/oppose/)[logic](/bip39-word/logic/)[moon](/bip39-word/moon/)[maze](/bip39-word/maze/)[melody](/bip39-word/melody/)[mention](/bip39-word/mention/)[mesh](/bip39-word/mesh/)[merry](/bip39-word/merry/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x45C

4-Letter Prefix

meri

## About "merit" in BIP39

- "merit" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"meri"**, already identify it, because **"mer"** also begins [mercy](/bip39-word/mercy/), [merge](/bip39-word/merge/) and [merry](/bip39-word/merry/).

## Word #1117 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) orchestr 

[French](/french/) lanterne 

[Italian](/italian/) novella 

[Japanese](/japanese/) たてる 

[Korean](/korean/) 엊그제 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) lagoa 

[Spanish](/spanish/) medalla 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 豆 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 豆 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "mer":

[mercy](/bip39-word/mercy/)[merge](/bip39-word/merge/)[merry](/bip39-word/merry/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M"

[ #1113 mention ](/bip39-word/mention/)[ #1114 menu ](/bip39-word/menu/)[ #1115 mercy ](/bip39-word/mercy/)[ #1116 merge ](/bip39-word/merge/)[ #1118 merry ](/bip39-word/merry/)[ #1119 mesh ](/bip39-word/mesh/)[ #1120 message ](/bip39-word/message/)[ #1121 metal ](/bip39-word/metal/) 

[View all words starting with "M" ](/bip39-words/m/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)
- [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/)

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