Word #1702 11010100101
start — BIP39 word #1702
"start" is word #1702 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between stand and state.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11010100101,
decimal index 1701.
/stɑːt/ · verb: to begin doing something, or to make something begin
Russian: начинать
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):
Position
#1702 of 2048
Hex Index
0x6A5
4-Letter Prefix
star
About "start" in BIP39
- "start" has 5 letters, but the first four, "star", already identify it, because "sta" also begins 9 other words, among them stable, stadium, staff and stage.
- "star" is unique only within the English list: it also begins starnuto in the Italian list and starosta in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1702 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "start" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "start" /stɑːt/ is one sound away from these 2 words: