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title: "BIP39 Word #1604: silent — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/silent/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1604 11001000011 

# silent — BIP39 word #1604

"**silent**" is word #1604 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [sign](/bip39-word/sign/) and [silk](/bip39-word/silk/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001000011`, decimal index 1603\. 

/ˈsaɪlənt/  · _adjective:_ making no sound, or not speaking 

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

## 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):

[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[mask](/bip39-word/mask/)[trick](/bip39-word/trick/)[such](/bip39-word/such/)[scatter](/bip39-word/scatter/)[small](/bip39-word/small/)[skill](/bip39-word/skill/)[siren](/bip39-word/siren/)[similar](/bip39-word/similar/)[sight](/bip39-word/sight/)[sign](/bip39-word/sign/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x643

4-Letter Prefix

sile

## About "silent" in BIP39

- "silent" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"sile"**, already identify it, because **"sil"** also begins [silk](/bip39-word/silk/), [silly](/bip39-word/silly/) and [silver](/bip39-word/silver/).
- **"sile"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins silence in the [French list](/french/), silencio in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and silenzio in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1604 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) srpen 

[French](/french/) recevoir 

[Italian](/italian/) secondo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はんぱ 

[Korean](/korean/) 즉석 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) raiva 

[Spanish](/spanish/) resumen 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "sil":

[silk](/bip39-word/silk/)[silly](/bip39-word/silly/)[silver](/bip39-word/silver/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1600 side ](/bip39-word/side/)[ #1601 siege ](/bip39-word/siege/)[ #1602 sight ](/bip39-word/sight/)[ #1603 sign ](/bip39-word/sign/)[ #1605 silk ](/bip39-word/silk/)[ #1606 silly ](/bip39-word/silly/)[ #1607 silver ](/bip39-word/silver/)[ #1608 similar ](/bip39-word/similar/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)
- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)