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title: "BIP39 Word #1474: return — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/return/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1474 10111000001 

# return — BIP39 word #1474

"**return**" is word #1474 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/) and [reunion](/bip39-word/reunion/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111000001`, decimal index 1473\. 

/rɪˈtɜːn/  · _verb:_ to come or go back to a place, or give something back 

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

## 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):

[deal](/bip39-word/deal/)[wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/)[oblige](/bip39-word/oblige/)[popular](/bip39-word/popular/)[rabbit](/bip39-word/rabbit/)[rotate](/bip39-word/rotate/)[riot](/bip39-word/riot/)[rice](/bip39-word/rice/)[reward](/bip39-word/reward/)[reveal](/bip39-word/reveal/)[retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5C1

4-Letter Prefix

retu

## About "return" in BIP39

- "return" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"retu"**, already identify it, because **"ret"** also begins [retire](/bip39-word/retire/) and [retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/).

## Word #1474 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) samota 

[French](/french/) phobie 

[Italian](/italian/) ripresa 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねそべる 

[Korean](/korean/) 적당히 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) peixe 

[Spanish](/spanish/) pomada 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "ret":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1470 response ](/bip39-word/response/)[ #1471 result ](/bip39-word/result/)[ #1472 retire ](/bip39-word/retire/)[ #1473 retreat ](/bip39-word/retreat/)[ #1475 reunion ](/bip39-word/reunion/)[ #1476 reveal ](/bip39-word/reveal/)[ #1477 review ](/bip39-word/review/)[ #1478 reward ](/bip39-word/reward/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)
- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)

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