--- title: "BIP39 Word #1183: need — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/need/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1183 10010011110 # need — BIP39 word #1183 "**need**" is word #1183 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [neck](/bip39-word/neck/) and [negative](/bip39-word/negative/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10010011110`, decimal index 1182\. /niːd/ · _verb:_ to require something because it is necessary or important [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): потребность ## Binary Representation Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [because](/bip39-word/because/)[stable](/bip39-word/stable/)[record](/bip39-word/record/)[long](/bip39-word/long/)[orange](/bip39-word/orange/)[oak](/bip39-word/oak/)[mushroom](/bip39-word/mushroom/)[name](/bip39-word/name/)[nation](/bip39-word/nation/)[near](/bip39-word/near/)[negative](/bip39-word/negative/) Position Hex Index 0x49E 4-Letter Prefix need ## About "need" in BIP39 - "need" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"nee"**, already identify it, because **"ne"** also begins 14 other words, among them [near](/bip39-word/near/), [neck](/bip39-word/neck/), [negative](/bip39-word/negative/) and [neglect](/bip39-word/neglect/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #1183 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) pazneht [French](/french/) maigre [Italian](/italian/) ortica [Japanese](/japanese/) ちさい [Korean](/korean/) 옆집 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) lorde [Spanish](/spanish/) mosca [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 敗 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 败 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "need" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [feed](/bip39-word/feed/)[seed](/bip39-word/seed/) Read aloud, "need" /niːd/ is one sound away from this word: [knee /niː/](/bip39-word/knee/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "N" [ #1179 nation ](/bip39-word/nation/)[ #1180 nature ](/bip39-word/nature/)[ #1181 near ](/bip39-word/near/)[ #1182 neck ](/bip39-word/neck/)[ #1184 negative ](/bip39-word/negative/)[ #1185 neglect ](/bip39-word/neglect/)[ #1186 neither ](/bip39-word/neither/)[ #1187 nephew ](/bip39-word/nephew/) [View all words starting with "N" ](/bip39-words/n/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) - [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/) - [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)