Word #1331 10100110010
play — BIP39 word #1331
"play" is word #1331 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between plate and please.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10100110010,
decimal index 1330.
/pleɪ/ · verb: to do things for fun, or to take part in a game
Russian: играть
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):
Position
#1331 of 2048
Hex Index
0x532
4-Letter Prefix
play
About "play" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "play": "pla" also begins place, planet, plastic and plate.
- "play" is unique only within the English list: it also begins playa in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1331 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "play" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "play" /pleɪ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: