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title: "BIP39 Word #1492: risk — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/risk/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1492 10111010011 

# risk — BIP39 word #1492

"**risk**" is word #1492 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [ripple](/bip39-word/ripple/) and [ritual](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[denial](/bip39-word/denial/)[whip](/bip39-word/whip/)[omit](/bip39-word/omit/)[price](/bip39-word/price/)[raven](/bip39-word/raven/)[salmon](/bip39-word/salmon/)[reveal](/bip39-word/reveal/)[rocket](/bip39-word/rocket/)[road](/bip39-word/road/)[riot](/bip39-word/riot/)[ripple](/bip39-word/ripple/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/rib/), [ribbon](/bip39-word/ribbon/), [rice](/bip39-word/rice/) and [rich](/bip39-word/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](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1492 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) sekunda 

[French](/french/) pixel 

[Italian](/italian/) rivincita 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねんいり 

[Korean](/korean/) 전주 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) peruca 

[Spanish](/spanish/) prensa 

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

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

## 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: 

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

Read aloud, "risk" /rɪsk/ is one sound away from this word: 

[wrist /rɪst/](/bip39-word/wrist/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1488 rigid ](/bip39-word/rigid/)[ #1489 ring ](/bip39-word/ring/)[ #1490 riot ](/bip39-word/riot/)[ #1491 ripple ](/bip39-word/ripple/)[ #1493 ritual ](/bip39-word/ritual/)[ #1494 rival ](/bip39-word/rival/)[ #1495 river ](/bip39-word/river/)[ #1496 road ](/bip39-word/road/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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