--- title: "BIP39 Word #1397: purse — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/purse/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1397 10101110100 # purse — BIP39 word #1397 "**purse**" is word #1397 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [purpose](/bip39-word/purpose/) and [push](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [company](/bip39-word/company/)[update](/bip39-word/update/)[model](/bip39-word/model/)[salon](/bip39-word/salon/)[pledge](/bip39-word/pledge/)[pride](/bip39-word/pride/)[prosper](/bip39-word/prosper/)[question](/bip39-word/question/)[puppy](/bip39-word/puppy/)[put](/bip39-word/put/)[push](/bip39-word/push/) Position 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](/bip39-word/purchase/), [purity](/bip39-word/purity/) and [purpose](/bip39-word/purpose/). ## Word #1397 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) rarach [French](/french/) ortie [Italian](/italian/) rantolare [Japanese](/japanese/) なめる [Korean](/korean/) 입술 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) opcional [Spanish](/spanish/) peine [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 咱 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 咱 ## 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: [nurse](/bip39-word/nurse/)[pulse](/bip39-word/pulse/) Read aloud, "purse" /pɜːs/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [pass /pɑːs/](/bip39-word/pass/)[peace /piːs/](/bip39-word/peace/)[person /ˈpɜːsn/](/bip39-word/person/)[piece /piːs/](/bip39-word/piece/) Words sharing the first three letters "pur": [purchase](/bip39-word/purchase/)[purity](/bip39-word/purity/)[purpose](/bip39-word/purpose/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P" [ #1393 puppy ](/bip39-word/puppy/)[ #1394 purchase ](/bip39-word/purchase/)[ #1395 purity ](/bip39-word/purity/)[ #1396 purpose ](/bip39-word/purpose/)[ #1398 push ](/bip39-word/push/)[ #1399 put ](/bip39-word/put/)[ #1400 puzzle ](/bip39-word/puzzle/)[ #1401 pyramid ](/bip39-word/pyramid/) [View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/) - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)