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title: "BIP39 Word #1163: mule — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/mule/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1163 10010001010 

# mule — BIP39 word #1163

"**mule**" is word #1163 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [muffin](/bip39-word/muffin/) and [multiply](/bip39-word/multiply/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10010001010`, decimal index 1162\. 

/mjuːl/  · _noun:_ an animal that is the offspring of a donkey and a horse 

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

## 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):

[bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/)[spend](/bip39-word/spend/)[rally](/bip39-word/rally/)[life](/bip39-word/life/)[off](/bip39-word/off/)[next](/bip39-word/next/)[nation](/bip39-word/nation/)[motion](/bip39-word/motion/)[mushroom](/bip39-word/mushroom/)[much](/bip39-word/much/)[multiply](/bip39-word/multiply/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x48A

4-Letter Prefix

mule

## About "mule" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "mule": **"mul"** also begins [multiply](/bip39-word/multiply/).
- **"mule"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins muleta in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1163 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) pamflet 

[French](/french/) lourd 

[Italian](/italian/) onta 

[Japanese](/japanese/) たんのう 

[Korean](/korean/) 열쇠 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) limitar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) modelo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Words sharing the first three letters "mul":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "M"

[ #1159 move ](/bip39-word/move/)[ #1160 movie ](/bip39-word/movie/)[ #1161 much ](/bip39-word/much/)[ #1162 muffin ](/bip39-word/muffin/)[ #1164 multiply ](/bip39-word/multiply/)[ #1165 muscle ](/bip39-word/muscle/)[ #1166 museum ](/bip39-word/museum/)[ #1167 mushroom ](/bip39-word/mushroom/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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