Word #1623 11001010110
skull — BIP39 word #1623
"skull" is word #1623 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between skirt and slab.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11001010110,
decimal index 1622.
/skʌl/ · noun: the bony frame of the head that protects the brain
Russian: череп
Binary Representation
Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1623 of 2048
Hex Index
0x656
4-Letter Prefix
skul
About "skull" in BIP39
Word #1623 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "skull" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "skull" /skʌl/ is one sound away from these 2 words: