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title: "BIP39 Word #1213: nurse — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/nurse/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1213 10010111100 

# nurse — BIP39 word #1213

"**nurse**" is word #1213 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [number](/bip39-word/number/) and [nut](/bip39-word/nut/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10010111100`, decimal index 1212\. 

/nɜːs/  · _noun:_ a person trained to care for sick or injured people 

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

## 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):

[bleak](/bip39-word/bleak/)[stuff](/bip39-word/stuff/)[resource](/bip39-word/resource/)[maple](/bip39-word/maple/)[panel](/bip39-word/panel/)[near](/bip39-word/near/)[night](/bip39-word/night/)[notable](/bip39-word/notable/)[novel](/bip39-word/novel/)[oak](/bip39-word/oak/)[nut](/bip39-word/nut/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x4BC

4-Letter Prefix

nurs

## About "nurse" in BIP39

- "nurse" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"nur"**, already identify it, because **"nu"** also begins [nuclear](/bip39-word/nuclear/), [number](/bip39-word/number/) and [nut](/bip39-word/nut/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1213 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) pitevna 

[French](/french/) maudire 

[Italian](/italian/) paese 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ちるど 

[Korean](/korean/) 오피스텔 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) manada 

[Spanish](/spanish/) naranja 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "nurse" /nɜːs/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[nerve /nɜːv/](/bip39-word/nerve/)[nice /naɪs/](/bip39-word/nice/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "N"

[ #1174 naive ](/bip39-word/naive/)[ #1175 name ](/bip39-word/name/)[ #1176 napkin ](/bip39-word/napkin/)[ #1209 novel ](/bip39-word/novel/)[ #1210 now ](/bip39-word/now/)[ #1211 nuclear ](/bip39-word/nuclear/)[ #1212 number ](/bip39-word/number/)[ #1214 nut ](/bip39-word/nut/) 

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

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- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)
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- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)