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title: "BIP39 Word #1642: snake — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/snake/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1642 11001101001 

# snake — BIP39 word #1642

"**snake**" is word #1642 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [snack](/bip39-word/snack/) and [snap](/bip39-word/snap/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001101001`, decimal index 1641\. 

/sneɪk/  · _noun:_ a long reptile with no legs, some with a poisonous bite 

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

## 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):

[essay](/bip39-word/essay/)[minor](/bip39-word/minor/)[unfold](/bip39-word/unfold/)[tag](/bip39-word/tag/)[share](/bip39-word/share/)[since](/bip39-word/since/)[song](/bip39-word/song/)[slow](/bip39-word/slow/)[soap](/bip39-word/soap/)[sniff](/bip39-word/sniff/)[snack](/bip39-word/snack/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x669

4-Letter Prefix

snak

## About "snake" in BIP39

- "snake" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"snak"**, already identify it, because **"sna"** also begins [snack](/bip39-word/snack/) and [snap](/bip39-word/snap/).

## Word #1642 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) svitek 

[French](/french/) reprise 

[Italian](/italian/) sfocato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ひとごみ 

[Korean](/korean/) 진출 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) refinar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ropa 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "snake" /sneɪk/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[snack /snæk/](/bip39-word/snack/)[steak /steɪk/](/bip39-word/steak/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sna":

[snack](/bip39-word/snack/)[snap](/bip39-word/snap/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1638 smile ](/bip39-word/smile/)[ #1639 smoke ](/bip39-word/smoke/)[ #1640 smooth ](/bip39-word/smooth/)[ #1641 snack ](/bip39-word/snack/)[ #1643 snap ](/bip39-word/snap/)[ #1644 sniff ](/bip39-word/sniff/)[ #1645 snow ](/bip39-word/snow/)[ #1646 soap ](/bip39-word/soap/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/)
- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)