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title: "BIP39 Word #1480: rib — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/rib/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1480 10111000111 

# rib — BIP39 word #1480

"**rib**" is word #1480 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [rhythm](/bip39-word/rhythm/) and [ribbon](/bip39-word/ribbon/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111000111`, decimal index 1479\. 

/rɪb/  · _noun:_ one of the curved bones that form the chest wall 

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

## Binary Representation

Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.

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

[decline](/bip39-word/decline/)[wedding](/bip39-word/wedding/)[ocean](/bip39-word/ocean/)[pottery](/bip39-word/pottery/)[rail](/bip39-word/rail/)[rude](/bip39-word/rude/)[road](/bip39-word/road/)[rigid](/bip39-word/rigid/)[reveal](/bip39-word/reveal/)[reward](/bip39-word/reward/)[rhythm](/bip39-word/rhythm/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5C7

4-Letter Prefix

rib

## About "rib" in BIP39

- All three letters of "rib" also begin longer words: [ribbon](/bip39-word/ribbon/). So "rib" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"rib"** but ribbon as **"ribb"**.

## Word #1480 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) sazenice 

[French](/french/) pictural 

[Italian](/italian/) riso 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねぶそく 

[Korean](/korean/) 전기 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) penhasco 

[Spanish](/spanish/) portal 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "rib" /rɪb/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[rich /rɪʧ/](/bip39-word/rich/)[ridge /rɪʤ/](/bip39-word/ridge/)[ring /rɪŋ/](/bip39-word/ring/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "rib":

[ribbon](/bip39-word/ribbon/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1476 reveal ](/bip39-word/reveal/)[ #1477 review ](/bip39-word/review/)[ #1478 reward ](/bip39-word/reward/)[ #1479 rhythm ](/bip39-word/rhythm/)[ #1481 ribbon ](/bip39-word/ribbon/)[ #1482 rice ](/bip39-word/rice/)[ #1483 rich ](/bip39-word/rich/)[ #1484 ride ](/bip39-word/ride/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)
- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)
- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)

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