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title: "BIP39 Word #1617: skate — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/skate/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1617 11001010000 

# skate — BIP39 word #1617

"**skate**" is word #1617 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [size](/bip39-word/size/) and [sketch](/bip39-word/sketch/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001010000`, decimal index 1616\. 

/skeɪt/  · _verb:_ to move on ice or ground wearing boots with blades or wheels 

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

## 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):

[energy](/bip39-word/energy/)[meat](/bip39-word/meat/)[tube](/bip39-word/tube/)[sure](/bip39-word/sure/)[search](/bip39-word/search/)[sock](/bip39-word/sock/)[siege](/bip39-word/siege/)[slam](/bip39-word/slam/)[skin](/bip39-word/skin/)[ski](/bip39-word/ski/)[sketch](/bip39-word/sketch/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x650

4-Letter Prefix

skat

## About "skate" in BIP39

- "skate" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"ska"**, already identify it, because **"sk"** also begins [sketch](/bip39-word/sketch/), [ski](/bip39-word/ski/), [skill](/bip39-word/skill/), [skin](/bip39-word/skin/), [skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/) and [skull](/bip39-word/skull/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1617 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) stoupat 

[French](/french/) refuge 

[Italian](/italian/) seminato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ひかん 

[Korean](/korean/) 지급 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) rascunho 

[Spanish](/spanish/) rifa 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "skate" /skeɪt/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[scale /skeɪl/](/bip39-word/scale/)[scout /skaʊt/](/bip39-word/scout/)[skirt /skɜːt/](/bip39-word/skirt/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1613 sister ](/bip39-word/sister/)[ #1614 situate ](/bip39-word/situate/)[ #1615 six ](/bip39-word/six/)[ #1616 size ](/bip39-word/size/)[ #1618 sketch ](/bip39-word/sketch/)[ #1619 ski ](/bip39-word/ski/)[ #1620 skill ](/bip39-word/skill/)[ #1621 skin ](/bip39-word/skin/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)

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