--- title: "BIP39 Word #1583: shift — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/shift/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1583 11000101110 # shift — BIP39 word #1583 "**shift**" is word #1583 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [shield](/bip39-word/shield/) and [shine](/bip39-word/shine/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000101110`, decimal index 1582\. /ʃɪft/ · _noun:_ a change in position or direction, or a period of work [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): сдвиг ## 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): [easy](/bip39-word/easy/)[magic](/bip39-word/magic/)[total](/bip39-word/total/)[still](/bip39-word/still/)[soccer](/bip39-word/soccer/)[scrub](/bip39-word/scrub/)[sick](/bip39-word/sick/)[shadow](/bip39-word/shadow/)[shed](/bip39-word/shed/)[sheriff](/bip39-word/sheriff/)[shine](/bip39-word/shine/) Position Hex Index 0x62E 4-Letter Prefix shif ## About "shift" in BIP39 - "shift" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"shif"**, already identify it, because **"shi"** also begins [shield](/bip39-word/shield/), [shine](/bip39-word/shine/), [ship](/bip39-word/ship/) and [shiver](/bip39-word/shiver/). ## Word #1583 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) soused [French](/french/) quitter [Italian](/italian/) scivolo [Japanese](/japanese/) はめつ [Korean](/korean/) 주장 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) puxador [Spanish](/spanish/) reja [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 詳 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 详 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "shift" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [shaft](/bip39-word/shaft/)[swift](/bip39-word/swift/) Read aloud, "shift" /ʃɪft/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [gift /gɪft/](/bip39-word/gift/)[lift /lɪft/](/bip39-word/lift/) Words sharing the first three letters "shi": [shield](/bip39-word/shield/)[shine](/bip39-word/shine/)[ship](/bip39-word/ship/)[shiver](/bip39-word/shiver/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1579 shed ](/bip39-word/shed/)[ #1580 shell ](/bip39-word/shell/)[ #1581 sheriff ](/bip39-word/sheriff/)[ #1582 shield ](/bip39-word/shield/)[ #1584 shine ](/bip39-word/shine/)[ #1585 ship ](/bip39-word/ship/)[ #1586 shiver ](/bip39-word/shiver/)[ #1587 shock ](/bip39-word/shock/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)