--- title: "BIP39 Word #1530: sand — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/sand/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1530 10111111001 # sand — BIP39 word #1530 "**sand**" is word #1530 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [sample](/bip39-word/sample/) and [satisfy](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [dish](/bip39-word/dish/)[you](/bip39-word/you/)[palace](/bip39-word/palace/)[quality](/bip39-word/quality/)[rescue](/bip39-word/rescue/)[robot](/bip39-word/robot/)[rule](/bip39-word/rule/)[sail](/bip39-word/sail/)[sausage](/bip39-word/sausage/)[satoshi](/bip39-word/satoshi/)[sample](/bip39-word/sample/) Position 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](/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. - **"sand"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins sandía in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1530 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) skokan [French](/french/) potion [Italian](/italian/) salgemma [Japanese](/japanese/) のんき [Korean](/korean/) 정치 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) polegada [Spanish](/spanish/) quedar [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 填 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 填 ## 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: [hand](/bip39-word/hand/)[sad](/bip39-word/sad/)[stand](/bip39-word/stand/) Read aloud, "sand" /sænd/ is one sound away from this word: [sound /saʊnd/](/bip39-word/sound/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1526 salt ](/bip39-word/salt/)[ #1527 salute ](/bip39-word/salute/)[ #1528 same ](/bip39-word/same/)[ #1529 sample ](/bip39-word/sample/)[ #1531 satisfy ](/bip39-word/satisfy/)[ #1532 satoshi ](/bip39-word/satoshi/)[ #1533 sauce ](/bip39-word/sauce/)[ #1534 sausage ](/bip39-word/sausage/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Encrypt a Seed Phrase: AES, XOR and Steganography](/seed-phrase-encrypting-with-aes-xor-and-steganography/) - [Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP): Process and Deployed BIP List](/bitcoin-improvement-proposal/) - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)