Word #1558 11000010101
section — BIP39 word #1558
"section" is word #1558 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between secret and security.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11000010101,
decimal index 1557.
/ˈsɛkʃən/ · noun: one of the parts that something is divided into
Russian: раздел
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1558 of 2048
Hex Index
0x615
4-Letter Prefix
sect
About "section" in BIP39
- "section" has 7 letters, but the first four, "sect", already identify it, because "sec" also begins second, secret and security.
- "sect" is unique only within the English list: it also begins secta in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1558 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "section" /ˈsɛkʃən/ is one sound away from this word: