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title: "BIP39 Word #1618: sketch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/sketch/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1618 11001010001 

# sketch — BIP39 word #1618

"**sketch**" is word #1618 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [skate](/bip39-word/skate/) and [ski](/bip39-word/ski/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001010001`, decimal index 1617\. 

/skɛʧ/  · _noun:_ a quick rough drawing, or a short comic performance 

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

## 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):

[enforce](/bip39-word/enforce/)[mechanic](/bip39-word/mechanic/)[tuition](/bip39-word/tuition/)[surface](/bip39-word/surface/)[season](/bip39-word/season/)[soda](/bip39-word/soda/)[sight](/bip39-word/sight/)[sleep](/bip39-word/sleep/)[skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/)[skill](/bip39-word/skill/)[skate](/bip39-word/skate/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x651

4-Letter Prefix

sket

## About "sketch" in BIP39

- "sketch" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"ske"**, already identify it, because **"sk"** also begins [skate](/bip39-word/skate/), [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 #1618 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) strach 

[French](/french/) régalien 

[Italian](/italian/) sempre 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ひくい 

[Korean](/korean/) 지능 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) rasgar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) rígido 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1614 situate ](/bip39-word/situate/)[ #1615 six ](/bip39-word/six/)[ #1616 size ](/bip39-word/size/)[ #1617 skate ](/bip39-word/skate/)[ #1619 ski ](/bip39-word/ski/)[ #1620 skill ](/bip39-word/skill/)[ #1621 skin ](/bip39-word/skin/)[ #1622 skirt ](/bip39-word/skirt/) 

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

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- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

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