Word #1698 11010100001
stage — BIP39 word #1698
"stage" is word #1698 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between staff and stairs.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11010100001,
decimal index 1697.
/steɪʤ/ · noun: a raised platform for performers, or a step in a process
Russian: сцена
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):
Position
#1698 of 2048
Hex Index
0x6A1
4-Letter Prefix
stag
About "stage" in BIP39
- "stage" has 5 letters, but the first four, "stag", already identify it, because "sta" also begins 9 other words, among them stable, stadium, staff and stairs.
- "stag" is unique only within the English list: it also begins stagnare in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1698 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "stage" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "stage" /steɪʤ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: