--- title: "BIP39 Word #1621: skin — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/skin/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1621 11001010100 # skin — BIP39 word #1621 "**skin**" is word #1621 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [skill](/bip39-word/skill/) and [skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001010100`, decimal index 1620\. /skɪn/ · _noun:_ the natural outer covering of a body or of a fruit [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): кожа ## 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): [enhance](/bip39-word/enhance/)[melody](/bip39-word/melody/)[tunnel](/bip39-word/tunnel/)[surround](/bip39-word/surround/)[secret](/bip39-word/secret/)[soldier](/bip39-word/soldier/)[silk](/bip39-word/silk/)[slide](/bip39-word/slide/)[skate](/bip39-word/skate/)[skull](/bip39-word/skull/)[skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/) Position Hex Index 0x654 4-Letter Prefix skin ## About "skin" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "skin": **"ski"** also begins [ski](/bip39-word/ski/), [skill](/bip39-word/skill/) and [skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/). - Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [ski](/bip39-word/ski/). Write "skin" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word. ## Word #1621 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) strom [French](/french/) régulier [Italian](/italian/) sepolto [Japanese](/japanese/) ひこく [Korean](/korean/) 지방 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) rasurar [Spanish](/spanish/) riñón [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 玩 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 玩 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "skin" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [ski](/bip39-word/ski/)[spin](/bip39-word/spin/) Read aloud, "skin" /skɪn/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [scan /skæn/](/bip39-word/scan/)[skill /skɪl/](/bip39-word/skill/) Words sharing the first three letters "ski": [ski](/bip39-word/ski/)[skill](/bip39-word/skill/)[skirt](/bip39-word/skirt/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1617 skate ](/bip39-word/skate/)[ #1618 sketch ](/bip39-word/sketch/)[ #1619 ski ](/bip39-word/ski/)[ #1620 skill ](/bip39-word/skill/)[ #1622 skirt ](/bip39-word/skirt/)[ #1623 skull ](/bip39-word/skull/)[ #1624 slab ](/bip39-word/slab/)[ #1625 slam ](/bip39-word/slam/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)