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title: "BIP39 Word #1289: patient — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/patient/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1289 10100001000 

# patient — BIP39 word #1289

"**patient**" is word #1289 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [path](/bip39-word/path/) and [patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10100001000`, decimal index 1288\. 

/ˈpeɪʃənt/  · _adjective, noun:_ able to wait calmly without complaining, or a person receiving medical care 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

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

[canal](/bip39-word/canal/)[three](/bip39-word/three/)[library](/bip39-word/library/)[rain](/bip39-word/rain/)[poverty](/bip39-word/poverty/)[pink](/bip39-word/pink/)[perfect](/bip39-word/perfect/)[parade](/bip39-word/parade/)[pave](/bip39-word/pave/)[pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/)[patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x508

4-Letter Prefix

pati

## About "patient" in BIP39

- "patient" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"pati"**, already identify it, because **"pat"** also begins [patch](/bip39-word/patch/), [path](/bip39-word/path/), [patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/) and [pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/).
- **"pati"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins patience in the [French list](/french/), patio in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and patinar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1289 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) popisek 

[French](/french/) musicien 

[Italian](/italian/) pillola 

[Japanese](/japanese/) てぶくろ 

[Korean](/korean/) 유럽 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) moer 

[Spanish](/spanish/) oeste 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "patient" /ˈpeɪʃənt/ is one sound away from this word: 

[payment /ˈpeɪmənt/](/bip39-word/payment/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "pat":

[patch](/bip39-word/patch/)[path](/bip39-word/path/)[patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/)[pattern](/bip39-word/pattern/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P"

[ #1285 party ](/bip39-word/party/)[ #1286 pass ](/bip39-word/pass/)[ #1287 patch ](/bip39-word/patch/)[ #1288 path ](/bip39-word/path/)[ #1290 patrol ](/bip39-word/patrol/)[ #1291 pattern ](/bip39-word/pattern/)[ #1292 pause ](/bip39-word/pause/)[ #1293 pave ](/bip39-word/pave/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)