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title: "BIP39 Word #1494: rival — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/rival/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1494 10111010101 

# rival — BIP39 word #1494

"**rival**" is word #1494 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [ritual](/bip39-word/ritual/) and [river](/bip39-word/river/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111010101`, decimal index 1493\. 

/ˈraɪvəl/  · _noun:_ a person or group competing with another for the same goal 

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

## 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):

[deny](/bip39-word/deny/)[wide](/bip39-word/wide/)[one](/bip39-word/one/)[primary](/bip39-word/primary/)[razor](/bip39-word/razor/)[salt](/bip39-word/salt/)[reward](/bip39-word/reward/)[roof](/bip39-word/roof/)[riot](/bip39-word/riot/)[road](/bip39-word/road/)[ritual](/bip39-word/ritual/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5D5

4-Letter Prefix

riva

## About "rival" in BIP39

- "rival" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"riva"**, already identify it, because **"riv"** also begins [river](/bip39-word/river/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #1672 (index 1671), not #1494\. A wallet set to French reads "rival" as **11010000111** instead of **10111010101**, and decodes index 1493 as "placard".
- **"riva"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins riva in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1494 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) semeno 

[French](/french/) placard 

[Italian](/italian/) rizoma 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ねんかん 

[Korean](/korean/) 전체 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pesquisa 

[Spanish](/spanish/) previo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "riv":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1490 riot ](/bip39-word/riot/)[ #1491 ripple ](/bip39-word/ripple/)[ #1492 risk ](/bip39-word/risk/)[ #1493 ritual ](/bip39-word/ritual/)[ #1495 river ](/bip39-word/river/)[ #1496 road ](/bip39-word/road/)[ #1497 roast ](/bip39-word/roast/)[ #1498 robot ](/bip39-word/robot/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/)
- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)

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