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title: "BIP39 Word #1557: secret — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/secret/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1557 11000010100 

# secret — BIP39 word #1557

"**secret**" is word #1557 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [second](/bip39-word/second/) and [section](/bip39-word/section/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000010100`, decimal index 1556\. 

/ˈsiːkrɪt/  · _noun:_ something kept hidden or known only by a few people 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[dream](/bip39-word/dream/)[little](/bip39-word/little/)[tip](/bip39-word/tip/)[spoon](/bip39-word/spoon/)[skin](/bip39-word/skin/)[shoot](/bip39-word/shoot/)[scene](/bip39-word/scene/)[seminar](/bip39-word/seminar/)[search](/bip39-word/search/)[security](/bip39-word/security/)[section](/bip39-word/section/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x614

4-Letter Prefix

secr

## About "secret" in BIP39

- "secret" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"secr"**, already identify it, because **"sec"** also begins [second](/bip39-word/second/), [section](/bip39-word/section/) and [security](/bip39-word/security/).
- **"secr"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins secreto in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1557 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) smaragd 

[French](/french/) projeter 

[Italian](/italian/) sbendare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はしる 

[Korean](/korean/) 조직 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pretexto 

[Spanish](/spanish/) razón 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "sec":

[second](/bip39-word/second/)[section](/bip39-word/section/)[security](/bip39-word/security/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1553 search ](/bip39-word/search/)[ #1554 season ](/bip39-word/season/)[ #1555 seat ](/bip39-word/seat/)[ #1556 second ](/bip39-word/second/)[ #1558 section ](/bip39-word/section/)[ #1559 security ](/bip39-word/security/)[ #1560 seed ](/bip39-word/seed/)[ #1561 seek ](/bip39-word/seek/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [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/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)