right — BIP39 word #1487
"right" is word #1487 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between rifle and rigid.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10111001110,
decimal index 1486.
/raɪt/ · adjective: correct or true, or on the side opposite the left
Russian: правый
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):
Position
#1487 of 2048
Hex Index
0x5CE
4-Letter Prefix
righ
About "right" in BIP39
- "right" has 5 letters, but the first four, "righ", already identify it, because "rig" also begins rigid.
- "righ" is unique only within the English list: it also begins righello in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1487 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
"right" sounds exactly like write: both are transcribed /raɪt/. When a phrase is read aloud or dictated, spell this word out.
5 BIP39 words differ from "right" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "right" /raɪt/ is one sound away from these 7 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "rig":