--- title: "BIP39 Word #1288: path — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/path/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1288 10100000111 # path — BIP39 word #1288 "**path**" is word #1288 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [patch](/bip39-word/patch/) and [patient](/bip39-word/patient/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10100000111`, decimal index 1287\. /pɑːθ/ · _noun:_ a narrow track for walking, or the way something moves [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): путь ## 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): [can](/bip39-word/can/)[thought](/bip39-word/thought/)[liberty](/bip39-word/liberty/)[rail](/bip39-word/rail/)[pottery](/bip39-word/pottery/)[pilot](/bip39-word/pilot/)[pepper](/bip39-word/pepper/)[peanut](/bip39-word/peanut/)[parrot](/bip39-word/parrot/)[pass](/bip39-word/pass/)[patch](/bip39-word/patch/) Position Hex Index 0x507 4-Letter Prefix path ## About "path" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "path": **"pat"** also begins [patch](/bip39-word/patch/), [patient](/bip39-word/patient/), [patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/) and [pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/). - "path" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #21 (word 13 of 24). 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 #21 [all](/bip39-word/all/) [hour](/bip39-word/hour/) [make](/bip39-word/make/) [first](/bip39-word/first/) [leader](/bip39-word/leader/) [extend](/bip39-word/extend/) [hole](/bip39-word/hole/) [alien](/bip39-word/alien/) [behind](/bip39-word/behind/) [guard](/bip39-word/guard/) [gospel](/bip39-word/gospel/) [lava](/bip39-word/lava/) path [output](/bip39-word/output/) [census](/bip39-word/census/) [museum](/bip39-word/museum/) [junior](/bip39-word/junior/) [mass](/bip39-word/mass/) [reopen](/bip39-word/reopen/) [famous](/bip39-word/famous/) [sing](/bip39-word/sing/) [advance](/bip39-word/advance/) [salt](/bip39-word/salt/) [reform](/bip39-word/reform/) ## Word #1288 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) popel [French](/french/) muséum [Italian](/italian/) pilifero [Japanese](/japanese/) てはい [Korean](/korean/) 유난히 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) moeda [Spanish](/spanish/) odisea [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 障 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 障 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "path" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [math](/bip39-word/math/)[patch](/bip39-word/patch/) Read aloud, "path" /pɑːθ/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [palm /pɑːm/](/bip39-word/palm/)[park /pɑːk/](/bip39-word/park/)[pass /pɑːs/](/bip39-word/pass/) Words sharing the first three letters "pat": [patch](/bip39-word/patch/)[patient](/bip39-word/patient/)[patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/)[pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P" [ #1284 parrot ](/bip39-word/parrot/)[ #1285 party ](/bip39-word/party/)[ #1286 pass ](/bip39-word/pass/)[ #1287 patch ](/bip39-word/patch/)[ #1289 patient ](/bip39-word/patient/)[ #1290 patrol ](/bip39-word/patrol/)[ #1291 pattern ](/bip39-word/pattern/)[ #1292 pause ](/bip39-word/pause/) [View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) - [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)