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title: "BIP39 Word #1582: shield — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/shield/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1582 11000101101 

# shield — BIP39 word #1582

"**shield**" is word #1582 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [sheriff](/bip39-word/sheriff/) and [shift](/bip39-word/shift/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000101101`, decimal index 1581\. 

/ʃiːld/  · _noun:_ a large piece of armor carried for protection, or any protection 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

[east](/bip39-word/east/)[mad](/bip39-word/mad/)[toss](/bip39-word/toss/)[stick](/bip39-word/stick/)[soap](/bip39-word/soap/)[script](/bip39-word/script/)[sibling](/bip39-word/sibling/)[seven](/bip39-word/seven/)[share](/bip39-word/share/)[shine](/bip39-word/shine/)[sheriff](/bip39-word/sheriff/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x62D

4-Letter Prefix

shie

## About "shield" in BIP39

- "shield" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"shie"**, already identify it, because **"shi"** also begins [shift](/bip39-word/shift/), [shine](/bip39-word/shine/), [ship](/bip39-word/ship/) and [shiver](/bip39-word/shiver/).

## Word #1582 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) souprava 

[French](/french/) quiétude 

[Italian](/italian/) sciroppo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はむかう 

[Korean](/korean/) 주일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) pureza 

[Spanish](/spanish/) reír 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "shield" /ʃiːld/ is one sound away from this word: 

[field /fiːld/](/bip39-word/field/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "shi":

[shift](/bip39-word/shift/)[shine](/bip39-word/shine/)[ship](/bip39-word/ship/)[shiver](/bip39-word/shiver/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1578 share ](/bip39-word/share/)[ #1579 shed ](/bip39-word/shed/)[ #1580 shell ](/bip39-word/shell/)[ #1581 sheriff ](/bip39-word/sheriff/)[ #1583 shift ](/bip39-word/shift/)[ #1584 shine ](/bip39-word/shine/)[ #1585 ship ](/bip39-word/ship/)[ #1586 shiver ](/bip39-word/shiver/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
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