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title: "BIP39 Word #1538: scan — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/scan/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1538 11000000001 

# scan — BIP39 word #1538

"**scan**" is word #1538 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [scale](/bip39-word/scale/) and [scare](/bip39-word/scare/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000000001`, decimal index 1537\. 

/skæn/  · _verb:_ to look at something quickly, or copy an image electronically 

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

## Binary Representation

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

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

[dizzy](/bip39-word/dizzy/)[lens](/bip39-word/lens/)[then](/bip39-word/then/)[south](/bip39-word/south/)[sight](/bip39-word/sight/)[service](/bip39-word/service/)[season](/bip39-word/season/)[scorpion](/bip39-word/scorpion/)[scheme](/bip39-word/scheme/)[scatter](/bip39-word/scatter/)[scale](/bip39-word/scale/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x601

4-Letter Prefix

scan

## About "scan" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "scan": **"sca"** also begins [scale](/bip39-word/scale/), [scare](/bip39-word/scare/) and [scatter](/bip39-word/scatter/).
- **"scan"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins scandale in the [French list](/french/) and scandalo in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1538 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) sladidlo 

[French](/french/) pratique 

[Italian](/italian/) sapido 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はいしん 

[Korean](/korean/) 제삿날 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) populoso 

[Spanish](/spanish/) quitar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "scan" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[can](/bip39-word/can/) 

Read aloud, "scan" /skæn/ is one sound away from this word: 

[skin /skɪn/](/bip39-word/skin/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sca":

[scale](/bip39-word/scale/)[scare](/bip39-word/scare/)[scatter](/bip39-word/scatter/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1534 sausage ](/bip39-word/sausage/)[ #1535 save ](/bip39-word/save/)[ #1536 say ](/bip39-word/say/)[ #1537 scale ](/bip39-word/scale/)[ #1539 scare ](/bip39-word/scare/)[ #1540 scatter ](/bip39-word/scatter/)[ #1541 scene ](/bip39-word/scene/)[ #1542 scheme ](/bip39-word/scheme/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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