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title: "BIP39 Word #1702: start — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/start/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1702 11010100101 

# start — BIP39 word #1702

"**start**" is word #1702 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [stand](/bip39-word/stand/) and [state](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[feed](/bip39-word/feed/)[net](/bip39-word/net/)[visa](/bip39-word/visa/)[seven](/bip39-word/seven/)[syrup](/bip39-word/syrup/)[spawn](/bip39-word/spawn/)[stove](/bip39-word/stove/)[stick](/bip39-word/stick/)[stage](/bip39-word/stage/)[stay](/bip39-word/stay/)[stand](/bip39-word/stand/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/stable/), [stadium](/bip39-word/stadium/), [staff](/bip39-word/staff/) and [stage](/bip39-word/stage/).
- **"star"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins starnuto in the [Italian list](/italian/) and starosta in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1702 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) toulec 

[French](/french/) sacoche 

[Italian](/italian/) sollazzo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ふつう 

[Korean](/korean/) 체계 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) rosto 

[Spanish](/spanish/) sello 

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

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

## 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: 

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

Read aloud, "start" /stɑːt/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[staff /stɑːf/](/bip39-word/staff/)[state /steɪt/](/bip39-word/state/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sta":

[stable](/bip39-word/stable/)[stadium](/bip39-word/stadium/)[staff](/bip39-word/staff/)[stage](/bip39-word/stage/)[stairs](/bip39-word/stairs/)[stamp](/bip39-word/stamp/)[stand](/bip39-word/stand/)[state](/bip39-word/state/)[stay](/bip39-word/stay/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1698 stage ](/bip39-word/stage/)[ #1699 stairs ](/bip39-word/stairs/)[ #1700 stamp ](/bip39-word/stamp/)[ #1701 stand ](/bip39-word/stand/)[ #1703 state ](/bip39-word/state/)[ #1704 stay ](/bip39-word/stay/)[ #1705 steak ](/bip39-word/steak/)[ #1706 steel ](/bip39-word/steel/) 

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

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- [How to Encrypt a Seed Phrase: AES, XOR and Steganography](/seed-phrase-encrypting-with-aes-xor-and-steganography/)
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