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title: "BIP39 Word #1481: ribbon — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/ribbon/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1481 10111001000 

# ribbon — BIP39 word #1481

"**ribbon**" is word #1481 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [rib](/bip39-word/rib/) and [rice](/bip39-word/rice/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111001000`, decimal index 1480\. 

/ˈrɪbən/  · _noun:_ a long narrow strip of material used for tying or decoration 

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

## 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):

[decorate](/bip39-word/decorate/)[weekend](/bip39-word/weekend/)[october](/bip39-word/october/)[poverty](/bip39-word/poverty/)[rain](/bip39-word/rain/)[rug](/bip39-word/rug/)[roast](/bip39-word/roast/)[retreat](/bip39-word/retreat/)[ridge](/bip39-word/ridge/)[rich](/bip39-word/rich/)[rice](/bip39-word/rice/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5C8

4-Letter Prefix

ribb

## About "ribbon" in BIP39

- "ribbon" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"ribb"**, already identify it, because **"rib"** also begins [rib](/bip39-word/rib/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [rib](/bip39-word/rib/). Write "ribbon" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

## Word #1481 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) sbor 

[French](/french/) pièce 

[Italian](/italian/) rispetto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねふだ 

[Korean](/korean/) 전달 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pensador 

[Spanish](/spanish/) posada 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "rib":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1477 review ](/bip39-word/review/)[ #1478 reward ](/bip39-word/reward/)[ #1479 rhythm ](/bip39-word/rhythm/)[ #1480 rib ](/bip39-word/rib/)[ #1482 rice ](/bip39-word/rice/)[ #1483 rich ](/bip39-word/rich/)[ #1484 ride ](/bip39-word/ride/)[ #1485 ridge ](/bip39-word/ridge/) 

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

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