--- title: "BIP39 Word #1536: say — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/say/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1536 10111111111 # say — BIP39 word #1536 "**say**" is word #1536 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [save](/bip39-word/save/) and [scale](/bip39-word/scale/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10111111111`, decimal index 1535\. /seɪ/ · _verb:_ to speak words, or to express an opinion or fact [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): говорить ## Binary Representation A single 0-bit, which only ten other indexes share: [lend](/bip39-word/lend/), [that](/bip39-word/that/), [useful](/bip39-word/useful/), [wave](/bip39-word/wave/), [winner](/bip39-word/winner/), [worth](/bip39-word/worth/), [year](/bip39-word/year/), [youth](/bip39-word/youth/), [zero](/bip39-word/zero/) and [zone](/bip39-word/zone/). One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [divide](/bip39-word/divide/)[zoo](/bip39-word/zoo/)[paper](/bip39-word/paper/)[quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/)[retire](/bip39-word/retire/)[room](/bip39-word/room/)[sadness](/bip39-word/sadness/)[same](/bip39-word/same/)[satoshi](/bip39-word/satoshi/)[sausage](/bip39-word/sausage/)[save](/bip39-word/save/) Position Hex Index 0x5FF 4-Letter Prefix say ## About "say" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "say": **"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 #1536 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) skvrna [French](/french/) pouvoir [Italian](/italian/) salvo [Japanese](/japanese/) はいけん [Korean](/korean/) 제발 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) ponderar [Spanish](/spanish/) química [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 紫 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 紫 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 6 BIP39 words differ from "say" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [day](/bip39-word/day/)[sad](/bip39-word/sad/)[shy](/bip39-word/shy/)[spy](/bip39-word/spy/)[stay](/bip39-word/stay/)[way](/bip39-word/way/) Read aloud, "say" /seɪ/ is one sound away from these 7 words: [essay /ˈɛseɪ/](/bip39-word/essay/)[safe /seɪf/](/bip39-word/safe/)[sail /seɪl/](/bip39-word/sail/)[same /seɪm/](/bip39-word/same/)[save /seɪv/](/bip39-word/save/)[sea /siː/](/bip39-word/sea/)[they /ðeɪ/](/bip39-word/they/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1532 satoshi ](/bip39-word/satoshi/)[ #1533 sauce ](/bip39-word/sauce/)[ #1534 sausage ](/bip39-word/sausage/)[ #1535 save ](/bip39-word/save/)[ #1537 scale ](/bip39-word/scale/)[ #1538 scan ](/bip39-word/scan/)[ #1539 scare ](/bip39-word/scare/)[ #1540 scatter ](/bip39-word/scatter/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)