Word #1397 10101110100

purse — BIP39 word #1397

"purse" is word #1397 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between purpose and push. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 10101110100, decimal index 1396.

/pɜːs/ · noun: a small bag for carrying money, or a woman's handbag

Russian: кошелек

Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

Position

#1397 of 2048

Hex Index

0x574

4-Letter Prefix

purs

About "purse" in BIP39

  • "purse" has 5 letters, but the first four, "purs", already identify it, because "pur" also begins purchase, purity and purpose.

Word #1397 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech rarach
French ortie
Italian rantolare
Japanese なめる
Korean 입술
Portuguese opcional
Spanish peine

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

2 BIP39 words differ from "purse" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "purse" /pɜːs/ is one sound away from these 4 words:

Words sharing the first three letters "pur":

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