Word #1603 11001000010
sign — BIP39 word #1603
"sign" is word #1603 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between sight and silent.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11001000010,
decimal index 1602.
/saɪn/ · noun: a notice giving information, or something that shows something exists
Russian: знак
Binary Representation
Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1603 of 2048
Hex Index
0x642
4-Letter Prefix
sign
About "sign" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "sign": "sig" also begins sight.
- "sign" is unique only within the English list: it also begins signal in the French list, signo in the Spanish list and signore in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1603 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Swap two neighbouring letters and "sign" becomes sing, another valid word that is easy to miss when copying a phrase.
Read aloud, "sign" /saɪn/ is one sound away from these 9 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "sig":