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title: "BIP39 Word #1184: negative — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/negative/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1184 10010011111 

# negative — BIP39 word #1184

"**negative**" is word #1184 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [need](/bip39-word/need/) and [neglect](/bip39-word/neglect/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10010011111`, decimal index 1183\. 

/ˈnɛgətɪv/  · _adjective:_ expressing no or refusal, harmful, or less than zero 

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

## Binary Representation

Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.

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

[become](/bip39-word/become/)[stadium](/bip39-word/stadium/)[recycle](/bip39-word/recycle/)[loop](/bip39-word/loop/)[orbit](/bip39-word/orbit/)[obey](/bip39-word/obey/)[music](/bip39-word/music/)[napkin](/bip39-word/napkin/)[nature](/bip39-word/nature/)[neck](/bip39-word/neck/)[need](/bip39-word/need/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x49F

4-Letter Prefix

nega

## About "negative" in BIP39

- "negative" has 8 letters, but the first four, **"nega"**, already identify it, because **"neg"** also begins [neglect](/bip39-word/neglect/).
- **"nega"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins negar in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), negativo in the [Italian list](/italian/), negativa in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/) and negace in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1184 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) pazourek 

[French](/french/) maillon 

[Italian](/italian/) orzata 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ちしき 

[Korean](/korean/) 예감 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) lotado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) mostrar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "neg":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "N"

[ #1180 nature ](/bip39-word/nature/)[ #1181 near ](/bip39-word/near/)[ #1182 neck ](/bip39-word/neck/)[ #1183 need ](/bip39-word/need/)[ #1185 neglect ](/bip39-word/neglect/)[ #1186 neither ](/bip39-word/neither/)[ #1187 nephew ](/bip39-word/nephew/)[ #1188 nerve ](/bip39-word/nerve/) 

[View all words starting with "N" ](/bip39-words/n/) 

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