Word #1275 10011111010
palm — BIP39 word #1275
"palm" is word #1275 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between palace and panda.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10011111010,
decimal index 1274.
/pɑːm/ · noun: the inner surface of the hand, or a tall tropical tree
Russian: ладонь
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):
Position
#1275 of 2048
Hex Index
0x4FA
4-Letter Prefix
palm
About "palm" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "palm": "pal" also begins palace.
- "palm" is unique only within the English list: it also begins palmarès in the French list, palma in the Spanish list and palmada in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1275 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "palm" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "palm" /pɑːm/ is one sound away from these 5 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "pal":