Word #1530 10111111001
sand — BIP39 word #1530
"sand" is word #1530 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between sample and satisfy.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10111111001,
decimal index 1529.
/sænd/ · noun: loose tiny grains of rock found on beaches and in deserts
Russian: песок
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):
Position
#1530 of 2048
Hex Index
0x5F9
4-Letter Prefix
sand
About "sand" in BIP39
- "sand" has 4 letters, but the first three, "san", already identify it, because "sa" also begins 18 other words, among them sad, saddle, sadness and safe. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "sand" is unique only within the English list: it also begins sandía in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1530 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "sand" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "sand" /sænd/ is one sound away from this word: