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title: "BIP39 Word #1679: spike — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/spike/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1679 11010001110 

# spike — BIP39 word #1679

"**spike**" is word #1679 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [spider](/bip39-word/spider/) and [spin](/bip39-word/spin/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11010001110`, decimal index 1678\. 

/spaɪk/  · _noun:_ a thin pointed piece of metal or wood, or a sudden increase 

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

## 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):

[fade](/bip39-word/fade/)[mushroom](/bip39-word/mushroom/)[vault](/bip39-word/vault/)[scrub](/bip39-word/scrub/)[supply](/bip39-word/supply/)[still](/bip39-word/still/)[stable](/bip39-word/stable/)[speak](/bip39-word/speak/)[spend](/bip39-word/spend/)[spice](/bip39-word/spice/)[spin](/bip39-word/spin/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x68E

4-Letter Prefix

spik

## About "spike" in BIP39

- "spike" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"spik"**, already identify it, because **"spi"** also begins [spice](/bip39-word/spice/), [spider](/bip39-word/spider/), [spin](/bip39-word/spin/) and [spirit](/bip39-word/spirit/).

## Word #1679 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) tenista 

[French](/french/) roseau 

[Italian](/italian/) slogatura 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ふいうち 

[Korean](/korean/) 채널 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) revelar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) samba 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "spike" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[spice](/bip39-word/spice/) 

Read aloud, "spike" /spaɪk/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[speak /spiːk/](/bip39-word/speak/)[spy /spaɪ/](/bip39-word/spy/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "spi":

[spice](/bip39-word/spice/)[spider](/bip39-word/spider/)[spin](/bip39-word/spin/)[spirit](/bip39-word/spirit/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1675 spend ](/bip39-word/spend/)[ #1676 sphere ](/bip39-word/sphere/)[ #1677 spice ](/bip39-word/spice/)[ #1678 spider ](/bip39-word/spider/)[ #1680 spin ](/bip39-word/spin/)[ #1681 spirit ](/bip39-word/spirit/)[ #1682 split ](/bip39-word/split/)[ #1683 spoil ](/bip39-word/spoil/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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