--- title: "BIP39 Word #1273: pair — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/pair/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1273 10011111000 # pair — BIP39 word #1273 "**pair**" is word #1273 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [page](/bip39-word/page/) and [palace](/bip39-word/palace/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10011111000`, decimal index 1272\. /peə/ · _noun:_ two things of the same kind that are used together [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): пара ## 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): [business](/bip39-word/business/)[tenant](/bip39-word/tenant/)[sample](/bip39-word/sample/)[monitor](/bip39-word/monitor/)[novel](/bip39-word/novel/)[only](/bip39-word/only/)[other](/bip39-word/other/)[own](/bip39-word/own/)[panel](/bip39-word/panel/)[palm](/bip39-word/palm/)[palace](/bip39-word/palace/) Position Hex Index 0x4F8 4-Letter Prefix pair ## About "pair" in BIP39 - "pair" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"pai"**, already identify it, because **"pa"** also begins 24 other words, among them [pact](/bip39-word/pact/), [paddle](/bip39-word/paddle/), [page](/bip39-word/page/) and [palace](/bip39-word/palace/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. - **"pair"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins pairar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1273 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) poledne [French](/french/) mortier [Italian](/italian/) pettine [Japanese](/japanese/) てさぎょう [Korean](/korean/) 원인 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) milagre [Spanish](/spanish/) obvio [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 柱 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 柱 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery "**pair**" sounds exactly like [pear](/bip39-word/pear/): both are transcribed /peə/. When a phrase is read aloud or dictated, spell this word out. 2 BIP39 words differ from "pair" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [air](/bip39-word/air/)[hair](/bip39-word/hair/) Read aloud, "pair" /peə/ is one sound away from these 7 words: [chair /ʧeə/](/bip39-word/chair/)[rare /reə/](/bip39-word/rare/)[share /ʃeə/](/bip39-word/share/)[spare /speə/](/bip39-word/spare/)[there /ðeə/](/bip39-word/there/)[wear /weə/](/bip39-word/wear/)[where /weə/](/bip39-word/where/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P" [ #1270 pact ](/bip39-word/pact/)[ #1271 paddle ](/bip39-word/paddle/)[ #1272 page ](/bip39-word/page/)[ #1274 palace ](/bip39-word/palace/)[ #1275 palm ](/bip39-word/palm/)[ #1276 panda ](/bip39-word/panda/)[ #1277 panel ](/bip39-word/panel/)[ #1401 pyramid ](/bip39-word/pyramid/) [View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/) - [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)