Word #1173 10010010100
myth — BIP39 word #1173
"myth" is word #1173 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between mystery and naive.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10010010100,
decimal index 1172.
/mɪθ/ · noun: an ancient traditional story, or a widely held false belief
Russian: миф
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
#1173 of 2048
Hex Index
0x494
4-Letter Prefix
myth
About "myth" in BIP39
- "myth" has 4 letters, but the first three, "myt", already identify it, because "my" also begins myself and mystery. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "myth" is unique only within the English list: it also begins mythique in the French list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1173 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "myth" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "myth" /mɪθ/ is one sound away from this word: