Word #1708 11010101011

step — BIP39 word #1708

"step" is word #1708 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between stem and stereo. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 11010101011, decimal index 1707.

/stɛp/ · noun: the act of lifting a foot and putting it down, or a stair

Russian: шаг

Binary Representation

Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

Position

#1708 of 2048

Hex Index

0x6AB

4-Letter Prefix

step

About "step" in BIP39

  • It takes all four letters to identify "step": "ste" also begins steak, steel, stem and stereo.
  • "step" is unique only within the English list: it also begins steppa in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

Word #1708 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech trefit
French salon
Italian sonda
Japanese ふとる
Korean 초등학생
Portuguese roupa
Spanish señal

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

Words sharing the first three letters "ste":

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