--- title: "BIP39 Word #1668: spare — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/spare/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1668 11010000011 # spare — BIP39 word #1668 "**spare**" is word #1668 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [space](/bip39-word/space/) and [spatial](/bip39-word/spatial/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11010000011`, decimal index 1667\. /speə/ · _adjective:_ extra and kept in case it is needed, or not being used [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): запасной ## 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): [expire](/bip39-word/expire/)[motor](/bip39-word/motor/)[vacant](/bip39-word/vacant/)[scatter](/bip39-word/scatter/)[such](/bip39-word/such/)[stamp](/bip39-word/stamp/)[sponsor](/bip39-word/sponsor/)[sphere](/bip39-word/sphere/)[special](/bip39-word/special/)[south](/bip39-word/south/)[space](/bip39-word/space/) Position Hex Index 0x683 4-Letter Prefix spar ## About "spare" in BIP39 - "spare" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"spar"**, already identify it, because **"spa"** also begins [space](/bip39-word/space/), [spatial](/bip39-word/spatial/) and [spawn](/bip39-word/spawn/). - **"spar"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins spargere in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #1668 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) tanec [French](/french/) riposter [Italian](/italian/) sinfonia [Japanese](/japanese/) ひろき [Korean](/korean/) 참여 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) residir [Spanish](/spanish/) sagrado [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 嶺 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 岭 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "spare" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [scare](/bip39-word/scare/)[share](/bip39-word/share/)[space](/bip39-word/space/) Read aloud, "spare" /speə/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [pair /peə/](/bip39-word/pair/)[pear /peə/](/bip39-word/pear/)[spy /spaɪ/](/bip39-word/spy/)[swear /sweə/](/bip39-word/swear/) Words sharing the first three letters "spa": [space](/bip39-word/space/)[spatial](/bip39-word/spatial/)[spawn](/bip39-word/spawn/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S" [ #1664 soup ](/bip39-word/soup/)[ #1665 source ](/bip39-word/source/)[ #1666 south ](/bip39-word/south/)[ #1667 space ](/bip39-word/space/)[ #1669 spatial ](/bip39-word/spatial/)[ #1670 spawn ](/bip39-word/spawn/)[ #1671 speak ](/bip39-word/speak/)[ #1672 special ](/bip39-word/special/) [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 ](/)