Word #1492 10111010011
risk — BIP39 word #1492
"risk" is word #1492 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between ripple and ritual.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10111010011,
decimal index 1491.
/rɪsk/ · noun: the possibility of something bad or dangerous happening
Russian: риск
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
#1492 of 2048
Hex Index
0x5D3
4-Letter Prefix
risk
About "risk" in BIP39
- "risk" has 4 letters, but the first three, "ris", already identify it, because "ri" also begins 15 other words, among them rib, ribbon, rice and rich. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "risk" is unique only within the English list: it also begins riskovat in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1492 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "risk" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "risk" /rɪsk/ is one sound away from this word: