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title: "BIP39 Word #1280: paper — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/paper/"
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updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1280 10011111111 

# paper — BIP39 word #1280

"**paper**" is word #1280 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [panther](/bip39-word/panther/) and [parade](/bip39-word/parade/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10011111111`, decimal index 1279\. 

/ˈpeɪpə/  · _noun:_ thin material made from wood pulp, used for writing or wrapping 

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

## Binary Representation

Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits.

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

[cable](/bip39-word/cable/)[that](/bip39-word/that/)[say](/bip39-word/say/)[morning](/bip39-word/morning/)[obey](/bip39-word/obey/)[orbit](/bip39-word/orbit/)[over](/bip39-word/over/)[page](/bip39-word/page/)[panda](/bip39-word/panda/)[panic](/bip39-word/panic/)[panther](/bip39-word/panther/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x4FF

4-Letter Prefix

pape

## About "paper" in BIP39

- "paper" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"pap"**, 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 [pair](/bip39-word/pair/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"pape"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins papel in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and papelada in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1280 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) pomlka 

[French](/french/) mouton 

[Italian](/italian/) picozza 

[Japanese](/japanese/) てつづき 

[Korean](/korean/) 웨이터 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) minoria 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ocre 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "paper" /ˈpeɪpə/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[pepper /ˈpɛpə/](/bip39-word/pepper/)[vapor /ˈveɪpə/](/bip39-word/vapor/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P"

[ #1276 panda ](/bip39-word/panda/)[ #1277 panel ](/bip39-word/panel/)[ #1278 panic ](/bip39-word/panic/)[ #1279 panther ](/bip39-word/panther/)[ #1281 parade ](/bip39-word/parade/)[ #1282 parent ](/bip39-word/parent/)[ #1283 park ](/bip39-word/park/)[ #1284 parrot ](/bip39-word/parrot/) 

[View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) 

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