order — BIP39 word #1250
"order" is word #1250 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between orchard and ordinary.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10011100001,
decimal index 1249.
/ˈɔːdə/ · noun: an arrangement in a sequence, an instruction, or a request for goods
Russian: порядок
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1250 of 2048
Hex Index
0x4E1
4-Letter Prefix
orde
About "order" in BIP39
- "order" has 5 letters, but the first four, "orde", already identify it, because "ord" also begins ordinary.
- "orde" is unique only within the English list: it also begins orden in the Spanish list and ordem in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1250 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "order" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "order" /ˈɔːdə/ is one sound away from these 2 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "ord":