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title: "BIP39 Word #1601: siege — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/siege/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1601 11001000000 

# siege — BIP39 word #1601

"**siege**" is word #1601 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [side](/bip39-word/side/) and [sight](/bip39-word/sight/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001000000`, decimal index 1600\. 

/siːʤ/  · _noun:_ a military operation surrounding a town to force its surrender 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

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

[elite](/bip39-word/elite/)[marine](/bip39-word/marine/)[trend](/bip39-word/trend/)[submit](/bip39-word/submit/)[scale](/bip39-word/scale/)[slot](/bip39-word/slot/)[skate](/bip39-word/skate/)[simple](/bip39-word/simple/)[silk](/bip39-word/silk/)[sign](/bip39-word/sign/)[sight](/bip39-word/sight/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x640

4-Letter Prefix

sieg

## About "siege" in BIP39

- "siege" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"sie"**, already identify it, because **"si"** also begins 18 other words, among them [sibling](/bip39-word/sibling/), [sick](/bip39-word/sick/), [side](/bip39-word/side/) and [sight](/bip39-word/sight/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1601 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) srna 

[French](/french/) réagir 

[Italian](/italian/) sdebitare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はんてい 

[Korean](/korean/) 중앙 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) raiar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) resina 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "siege" /siːʤ/ is one sound away from these 6 words: 

[scene /siːn/](/bip39-word/scene/)[sea /siː/](/bip39-word/sea/)[seat /siːt/](/bip39-word/seat/)[seed /siːd/](/bip39-word/seed/)[seek /siːk/](/bip39-word/seek/)[surge /sɜːʤ/](/bip39-word/surge/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1597 shy ](/bip39-word/shy/)[ #1598 sibling ](/bip39-word/sibling/)[ #1599 sick ](/bip39-word/sick/)[ #1600 side ](/bip39-word/side/)[ #1602 sight ](/bip39-word/sight/)[ #1603 sign ](/bip39-word/sign/)[ #1604 silent ](/bip39-word/silent/)[ #1605 silk ](/bip39-word/silk/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)
- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)