Word #1161 10010001000
much — BIP39 word #1161
"much" is word #1161 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between movie and muffin.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10010001000,
decimal index 1160.
/mʌʧ/ · determiner: a large amount of something
Russian: много
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):
Position
#1161 of 2048
Hex Index
0x488
4-Letter Prefix
much
About "much" in BIP39
- "much" has 4 letters, but the first three, "muc", already identify it, because "mu" also begins 9 other words, among them muffin, mule, multiply and muscle. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "much" is unique only within the English list: it also begins mucho in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1161 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "much" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "much" /mʌʧ/ is one sound away from these 3 words: