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title: "BIP39 Word #1706: steel — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/steel/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1706 11010101001 

# steel — BIP39 word #1706

"**steel**" is word #1706 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [steak](/bip39-word/steak/) and [stem](/bip39-word/stem/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11010101001`, decimal index 1705\. 

/stiːl/  · _noun:_ a strong hard metal made from iron and carbon 

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

## 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):

[festival](/bip39-word/festival/)[news](/bip39-word/news/)[vivid](/bip39-word/vivid/)[share](/bip39-word/share/)[tag](/bip39-word/tag/)[spell](/bip39-word/spell/)[strong](/bip39-word/strong/)[stage](/bip39-word/stage/)[stick](/bip39-word/stick/)[step](/bip39-word/step/)[steak](/bip39-word/steak/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x6A9

4-Letter Prefix

stee

## About "steel" in BIP39

- "steel" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"stee"**, already identify it, because **"ste"** also begins [steak](/bip39-word/steak/), [stem](/bip39-word/stem/), [step](/bip39-word/step/) and [stereo](/bip39-word/stereo/).

## Word #1706 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) trasa 

[French](/french/) salade 

[Italian](/italian/) somatico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ふっこく 

[Korean](/korean/) 체중 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) rotular 

[Spanish](/spanish/) senda 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "steel" /stiːl/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[still /stɪl/](/bip39-word/still/)[stool /stuːl/](/bip39-word/stool/)[style /staɪl/](/bip39-word/style/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "ste":

[steak](/bip39-word/steak/)[stem](/bip39-word/stem/)[step](/bip39-word/step/)[stereo](/bip39-word/stereo/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1702 start ](/bip39-word/start/)[ #1703 state ](/bip39-word/state/)[ #1704 stay ](/bip39-word/stay/)[ #1705 steak ](/bip39-word/steak/)[ #1707 stem ](/bip39-word/stem/)[ #1708 step ](/bip39-word/step/)[ #1709 stereo ](/bip39-word/stereo/)[ #1710 stick ](/bip39-word/stick/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Generate a BIP39 Seed Phrase with Dice, Step by Step](/seed-phrase-with-dice/)
- [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/)
- [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/)

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