--- title: "BIP39 Word #1661: sort — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/sort/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1661 11001111100 # sort — BIP39 word #1661 "**sort**" is word #1661 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [sorry](/bip39-word/sorry/) and [soul](/bip39-word/soul/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11001111100`, decimal index 1660\. /sɔːt/ · _noun:_ a kind or type of person or thing [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): сортировать ## Binary Representation Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [exhibit](/bip39-word/exhibit/)[moon](/bip39-word/moon/)[usage](/bip39-word/usage/)[test](/bip39-word/test/)[shy](/bip39-word/shy/)[slide](/bip39-word/slide/)[snow](/bip39-word/snow/)[soldier](/bip39-word/soldier/)[someone](/bip39-word/someone/)[sound](/bip39-word/sound/)[soul](/bip39-word/soul/) Position Hex Index 0x67C 4-Letter Prefix sort ## About "sort" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "sort": **"sor"** also begins [sorry](/bip39-word/sorry/). - **"sort"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins sortir in the [French list](/french/), sorteo in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), sorteggio in the [Italian list](/italian/) and sorteio in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. - "sort" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #14 (word 4 of 18). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words. Official test vector #14 [gravity](/bip39-word/gravity/) [machine](/bip39-word/machine/) [north](/bip39-word/north/) sort [system](/bip39-word/system/) [female](/bip39-word/female/) [filter](/bip39-word/filter/) [attitude](/bip39-word/attitude/) [volume](/bip39-word/volume/) [fold](/bip39-word/fold/) [club](/bip39-word/club/) [stay](/bip39-word/stay/) [feature](/bip39-word/feature/) [office](/bip39-word/office/) [ecology](/bip39-word/ecology/) [stable](/bip39-word/stable/) [narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/) [fog](/bip39-word/fog/) ## Word #1661 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) tajga [French](/french/) révulsif [Italian](/italian/) sigla [Japanese](/japanese/) ひりつ [Korean](/korean/) 착각 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) repolho [Spanish](/spanish/) rutina [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 脅 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 胁 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "sort" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [short](/bip39-word/short/)[soft](/bip39-word/soft/)[sport](/bip39-word/sport/) Read aloud, "sort" /sɔːt/ is one sound away from these 8 words: [caught /kɔːt/](/bip39-word/caught/)[salt /sɔːlt/](/bip39-word/salt/)[sauce /sɔːs/](/bip39-word/sauce/)[seat /siːt/](/bip39-word/seat/)[sight /saɪt/](/bip39-word/sight/)[source /sɔːs/](/bip39-word/source/)[sword /sɔːd/](/bip39-word/sword/)[thought /θɔːt/](/bip39-word/thought/) Words sharing the first three letters "sor": [sorry](/bip39-word/sorry/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1657 someone ](/bip39-word/someone/)[ #1658 song ](/bip39-word/song/)[ #1659 soon ](/bip39-word/soon/)[ #1660 sorry ](/bip39-word/sorry/)[ #1662 soul ](/bip39-word/soul/)[ #1663 sound ](/bip39-word/sound/)[ #1664 soup ](/bip39-word/soup/)[ #1665 source ](/bip39-word/source/) [View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/) - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)