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title: "BIP39 Word #1472: retire — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/retire/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1472 10110111111 

# retire — BIP39 word #1472

"**retire**" is word #1472 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [result](/bip39-word/result/) and [retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10110111111`, decimal index 1471\. 

/rɪˈtaɪə/  · _verb:_ to stop working permanently, usually because of age 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): уходить на пенсию 

## Binary Representation

Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits.

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

[dawn](/bip39-word/dawn/)[wave](/bip39-word/wave/)[obey](/bip39-word/obey/)[pony](/bip39-word/pony/)[say](/bip39-word/say/)[recycle](/bip39-word/recycle/)[remove](/bip39-word/remove/)[report](/bip39-word/report/)[resist](/bip39-word/resist/)[response](/bip39-word/response/)[result](/bip39-word/result/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5BF

4-Letter Prefix

reti

## About "retire" in BIP39

- "retire" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"reti"**, already identify it, because **"ret"** also begins [retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/) and [return](/bip39-word/return/).
- **"reti"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins retiro in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), retina in the [Italian list](/italian/) and retirar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1472 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) samec 

[French](/french/) peuple 

[Italian](/italian/) ripieno 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねさげ 

[Korean](/korean/) 저축 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pegada 

[Spanish](/spanish/) pollo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "ret":

[retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/)[return](/bip39-word/return/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1468 resist ](/bip39-word/resist/)[ #1469 resource ](/bip39-word/resource/)[ #1470 response ](/bip39-word/response/)[ #1471 result ](/bip39-word/result/)[ #1473 retreat ](/bip39-word/retreat/)[ #1474 return ](/bip39-word/return/)[ #1475 reunion ](/bip39-word/reunion/)[ #1476 reveal ](/bip39-word/reveal/) 

[View all words starting with "R" ](/bip39-words/r/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)

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