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title: "BIP39 Word #1609: simple — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/simple/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1609 11001001000 

# simple — BIP39 word #1609

"**simple**" is word #1609 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [similar](/bip39-word/similar/) and [since](/bip39-word/since/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001001000`, decimal index 1608\. 

/ˈsɪmpl/  · _adjective:_ easy to understand or do, or plain and basic 

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

## 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):

[empower](/bip39-word/empower/)[math](/bip39-word/math/)[trouble](/bip39-word/trouble/)[suit](/bip39-word/suit/)[scissors](/bip39-word/scissors/)[snack](/bip39-word/snack/)[slam](/bip39-word/slam/)[siege](/bip39-word/siege/)[sister](/bip39-word/sister/)[sing](/bip39-word/sing/)[since](/bip39-word/since/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x648

4-Letter Prefix

simp

## About "simple" in BIP39

- "simple" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"simp"**, already identify it, because **"sim"** also begins [similar](/bip39-word/similar/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #1770 (index 1769), not #1609\. A wallet set to French reads "simple" as **11011101001** instead of **11001001000**, and decodes index 1608 as "reculer".
- **"simp"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins simpatico in the [Italian list](/italian/) and simpatia in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1609 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) statika 

[French](/french/) reculer 

[Italian](/italian/) seguito 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はんらん 

[Korean](/korean/) 증권 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) ranhura 

[Spanish](/spanish/) revés 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "simple" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[sample](/bip39-word/sample/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sim":

[similar](/bip39-word/similar/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1605 silk ](/bip39-word/silk/)[ #1606 silly ](/bip39-word/silly/)[ #1607 silver ](/bip39-word/silver/)[ #1608 similar ](/bip39-word/similar/)[ #1610 since ](/bip39-word/since/)[ #1611 sing ](/bip39-word/sing/)[ #1612 siren ](/bip39-word/siren/)[ #1613 sister ](/bip39-word/sister/) 

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

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