--- title: "BIP39 Word #1287: patch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/patch/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1287 10100000110 # patch — BIP39 word #1287 "**patch**" is word #1287 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [pass](/bip39-word/pass/) and [path](/bip39-word/path/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10100000110`, decimal index 1286\. /pæʧ/ · _noun:_ a piece of material covering a hole, or a small area [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): заплатка ## Binary Representation Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [camp](/bip39-word/camp/)[this](/bip39-word/this/)[liar](/bip39-word/liar/)[radio](/bip39-word/radio/)[potato](/bip39-word/potato/)[pill](/bip39-word/pill/)[people](/bip39-word/people/)[peace](/bip39-word/peace/)[park](/bip39-word/park/)[party](/bip39-word/party/)[path](/bip39-word/path/) Position Hex Index 0x506 4-Letter Prefix patc ## About "patch" in BIP39 - "patch" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"patc"**, already identify it, because **"pat"** also begins [path](/bip39-word/path/), [patient](/bip39-word/patient/), [patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/) and [pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/). - "patch" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #19 (word 10 of 12). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words. Official test vector #19 [cat](/bip39-word/cat/) [swing](/bip39-word/swing/) [flag](/bip39-word/flag/) [economy](/bip39-word/economy/) [stadium](/bip39-word/stadium/) [alone](/bip39-word/alone/) [churn](/bip39-word/churn/) [speed](/bip39-word/speed/) [unique](/bip39-word/unique/) patch [report](/bip39-word/report/) [train](/bip39-word/train/) ## Word #1287 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) popadat [French](/french/) muscle [Italian](/italian/) pila [Japanese](/japanese/) てのひら [Korean](/korean/) 윗사람 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) modular [Spanish](/spanish/) odio [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 逃 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 逃 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "patch" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [catch](/bip39-word/catch/)[match](/bip39-word/match/)[path](/bip39-word/path/)[pitch](/bip39-word/pitch/) Words sharing the first three letters "pat": [path](/bip39-word/path/)[patient](/bip39-word/patient/)[patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/)[pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P" [ #1283 park ](/bip39-word/park/)[ #1284 parrot ](/bip39-word/parrot/)[ #1285 party ](/bip39-word/party/)[ #1286 pass ](/bip39-word/pass/)[ #1288 path ](/bip39-word/path/)[ #1289 patient ](/bip39-word/patient/)[ #1290 patrol ](/bip39-word/patrol/)[ #1291 pattern ](/bip39-word/pattern/) [View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/) - [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/) - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)