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title: "BIP39 Word #1581: sheriff — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/sheriff/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1581 11000101100 

# sheriff — BIP39 word #1581

"**sheriff**" is word #1581 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [shell](/bip39-word/shell/) and [shield](/bip39-word/shield/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000101100`, decimal index 1580\. 

/ˈʃɛrɪf/  · _noun:_ an official responsible for keeping law and order in a county 

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

## 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):

[easily](/bip39-word/easily/)[machine](/bip39-word/machine/)[tortoise](/bip39-word/tortoise/)[stereo](/bip39-word/stereo/)[snow](/bip39-word/snow/)[screen](/bip39-word/screen/)[shy](/bip39-word/shy/)[setup](/bip39-word/setup/)[shallow](/bip39-word/shallow/)[shift](/bip39-word/shift/)[shield](/bip39-word/shield/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x62C

4-Letter Prefix

sher

## About "sheriff" in BIP39

- "sheriff" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"sher"**, already identify it, because **"she"** also begins [shed](/bip39-word/shed/) and [shell](/bip39-word/shell/).

## Word #1581 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) soumrak 

[French](/french/) question 

[Italian](/italian/) scippo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はみがき 

[Korean](/korean/) 주인 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pupilo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) reino 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "she":

[shed](/bip39-word/shed/)[shell](/bip39-word/shell/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1577 shallow ](/bip39-word/shallow/)[ #1578 share ](/bip39-word/share/)[ #1579 shed ](/bip39-word/shed/)[ #1580 shell ](/bip39-word/shell/)[ #1582 shield ](/bip39-word/shield/)[ #1583 shift ](/bip39-word/shift/)[ #1584 shine ](/bip39-word/shine/)[ #1585 ship ](/bip39-word/ship/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/)
- [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/)
- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)

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