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title: "BIP39 Word #1121: metal — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/metal/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1121 10001100000 

# metal — BIP39 word #1121

"**metal**" is word #1121 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [message](/bip39-word/message/) and [method](/bip39-word/method/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10001100000`, decimal index 1120\. 

/ˈmɛtl/  · _noun:_ a hard shiny material such as iron, gold or copper 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[army](/bip39-word/army/)[slot](/bip39-word/slot/)[project](/bip39-word/project/)[orchard](/bip39-word/orchard/)[lottery](/bip39-word/lottery/)[marine](/bip39-word/marine/)[mix](/bip39-word/mix/)[minimum](/bip39-word/minimum/)[milk](/bip39-word/milk/)[middle](/bip39-word/middle/)[method](/bip39-word/method/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x460

4-Letter Prefix

meta

## About "metal" in BIP39

- "metal" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"meta"**, already identify it, because **"met"** also begins [method](/bip39-word/method/).
- **"meta"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins meta in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), metallo in the [Italian list](/italian/) and metade in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1121 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) ortel 

[French](/french/) laurier 

[Italian](/italian/) nuovo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) たぬき 

[Korean](/korean/) 여건 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) laminar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) mejor 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "metal" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[medal](/bip39-word/medal/) 

Read aloud, "metal" /ˈmɛtl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[settle /ˈsɛtl/](/bip39-word/settle/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "met":

[method](/bip39-word/method/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M"

[ #1117 merit ](/bip39-word/merit/)[ #1118 merry ](/bip39-word/merry/)[ #1119 mesh ](/bip39-word/mesh/)[ #1120 message ](/bip39-word/message/)[ #1122 method ](/bip39-word/method/)[ #1123 middle ](/bip39-word/middle/)[ #1124 midnight ](/bip39-word/midnight/)[ #1125 milk ](/bip39-word/milk/) 

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

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