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title: "BIP39 Word #1521: safe — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/safe/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1521 10111110000 

# safe — BIP39 word #1521

"**safe**" is word #1521 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [sadness](/bip39-word/sadness/) and [sail](/bip39-word/sail/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111110000`, decimal index 1520\. 

/seɪf/  · _adjective:_ protected from danger or harm 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[dignity](/bip39-word/dignity/)[wrap](/bip39-word/wrap/)[own](/bip39-word/own/)[puppy](/bip39-word/puppy/)[render](/bip39-word/render/)[ring](/bip39-word/ring/)[rose](/bip39-word/rose/)[sample](/bip39-word/sample/)[salon](/bip39-word/salon/)[salad](/bip39-word/salad/)[sail](/bip39-word/sail/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5F0

4-Letter Prefix

safe

## About "safe" in BIP39

- "safe" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"saf"**, already identify it, because **"sa"** also begins 18 other words, among them [sad](/bip39-word/sad/), [saddle](/bip39-word/saddle/), [sadness](/bip39-word/sadness/) and [sail](/bip39-word/sail/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1521 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) skanzen 

[French](/french/) ponctuel 

[Italian](/italian/) rupe 

[Japanese](/japanese/) のべる 

[Korean](/korean/) 정보 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) plaqueta 

[Spanish](/spanish/) pulpo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 2 BIP39 words differ from "safe" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[same](/bip39-word/same/)[save](/bip39-word/save/) 

Read aloud, "safe" /seɪf/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[sail /seɪl/](/bip39-word/sail/)[say /seɪ/](/bip39-word/say/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1518 sad ](/bip39-word/sad/)[ #1519 saddle ](/bip39-word/saddle/)[ #1520 sadness ](/bip39-word/sadness/)[ #1522 sail ](/bip39-word/sail/)[ #1523 salad ](/bip39-word/salad/)[ #1524 salmon ](/bip39-word/salmon/)[ #1525 salon ](/bip39-word/salon/)[ #1767 system ](/bip39-word/system/) 

[View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)
- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)
