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title: "BIP39 Word #1526: salt — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/salt/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1526 10111110101 

# salt — BIP39 word #1526

"**salt**" is word #1526 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [salon](/bip39-word/salon/) and [salute](/bip39-word/salute/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111110101`, decimal index 1525\. 

/sɔːlt/  · _noun:_ a white substance used to flavor or preserve food 

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

## Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

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

[dirt](/bip39-word/dirt/)[wrong](/bip39-word/wrong/)[pact](/bip39-word/pact/)[push](/bip39-word/push/)[repeat](/bip39-word/repeat/)[rival](/bip39-word/rival/)[royal](/bip39-word/royal/)[sausage](/bip39-word/sausage/)[sail](/bip39-word/sail/)[same](/bip39-word/same/)[salon](/bip39-word/salon/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x5F5

4-Letter Prefix

salt

## About "salt" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "salt": **"sal"** also begins [salad](/bip39-word/salad/), [salmon](/bip39-word/salmon/), [salon](/bip39-word/salon/) and [salute](/bip39-word/salute/).
- **"salt"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins salto in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), saltare in the [Italian list](/italian/) and saltar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
- "salt" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #21 (word 23 of 24). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #21

[all](/bip39-word/all/) [hour](/bip39-word/hour/) [make](/bip39-word/make/) [first](/bip39-word/first/) [leader](/bip39-word/leader/) [extend](/bip39-word/extend/) [hole](/bip39-word/hole/) [alien](/bip39-word/alien/) [behind](/bip39-word/behind/) [guard](/bip39-word/guard/) [gospel](/bip39-word/gospel/) [lava](/bip39-word/lava/) [path](/bip39-word/path/) [output](/bip39-word/output/) [census](/bip39-word/census/) [museum](/bip39-word/museum/) [junior](/bip39-word/junior/) [mass](/bip39-word/mass/) [reopen](/bip39-word/reopen/) [famous](/bip39-word/famous/) [sing](/bip39-word/sing/) [advance](/bip39-word/advance/) salt [reform](/bip39-word/reform/) 

## Word #1526 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) sklenice 

[French](/french/) posséder 

[Italian](/italian/) sabotato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) のらねこ 

[Korean](/korean/) 정오 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pneu 

[Spanish](/spanish/) puño 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "salt" /sɔːlt/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[assault /əˈsɔːlt/](/bip39-word/assault/)[fault /fɔːlt/](/bip39-word/fault/)[sort /sɔːt/](/bip39-word/sort/)[vault /vɔːlt/](/bip39-word/vault/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sal":

[salad](/bip39-word/salad/)[salmon](/bip39-word/salmon/)[salon](/bip39-word/salon/)[salute](/bip39-word/salute/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1522 sail ](/bip39-word/sail/)[ #1523 salad ](/bip39-word/salad/)[ #1524 salmon ](/bip39-word/salmon/)[ #1525 salon ](/bip39-word/salon/)[ #1527 salute ](/bip39-word/salute/)[ #1528 same ](/bip39-word/same/)[ #1529 sample ](/bip39-word/sample/)[ #1530 sand ](/bip39-word/sand/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)
- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)
- [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)