--- title: "BIP39 Word #1522: sail — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/sail/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1522 10111110001 # sail — BIP39 word #1522 "**sail**" is word #1522 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [safe](/bip39-word/safe/) and [salad](/bip39-word/salad/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111110001`, decimal index 1521\. /seɪl/ · _noun:_ a large piece of cloth that catches the wind to move a boat [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): парус ## 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): [dilemma](/bip39-word/dilemma/)[wreck](/bip39-word/wreck/)[owner](/bip39-word/owner/)[purchase](/bip39-word/purchase/)[renew](/bip39-word/renew/)[riot](/bip39-word/riot/)[rotate](/bip39-word/rotate/)[sand](/bip39-word/sand/)[salt](/bip39-word/salt/)[salmon](/bip39-word/salmon/)[safe](/bip39-word/safe/) Position Hex Index 0x5F1 4-Letter Prefix sail ## About "sail" in BIP39 - "sail" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"sai"**, 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 [safe](/bip39-word/safe/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #1522 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) skaut [French](/french/) pondérer [Italian](/italian/) russare [Japanese](/japanese/) のぼる [Korean](/korean/) 정부 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) platina [Spanish](/spanish/) pulso [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 騰 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 腾 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "sail" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [mail](/bip39-word/mail/)[rail](/bip39-word/rail/)[tail](/bip39-word/tail/) Read aloud, "sail" /seɪl/ is one sound away from these 8 words: [safe /seɪf/](/bip39-word/safe/)[same /seɪm/](/bip39-word/same/)[save /seɪv/](/bip39-word/save/)[say /seɪ/](/bip39-word/say/)[scale /skeɪl/](/bip39-word/scale/)[sell /sɛl/](/bip39-word/sell/)[soul /səʊl/](/bip39-word/soul/)[whale /weɪl/](/bip39-word/whale/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1518 sad ](/bip39-word/sad/)[ #1519 saddle ](/bip39-word/saddle/)[ #1520 sadness ](/bip39-word/sadness/)[ #1521 safe ](/bip39-word/safe/)[ #1523 salad ](/bip39-word/salad/)[ #1524 salmon ](/bip39-word/salmon/)[ #1525 salon ](/bip39-word/salon/)[ #1526 salt ](/bip39-word/salt/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/) - [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/) - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)