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title: "BIP39 Word #1708: step — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/step/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1708 11010101011 

# step — BIP39 word #1708

"**step**" is word #1708 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [stem](/bip39-word/stem/) and [stereo](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[fever](/bip39-word/fever/)[nice](/bip39-word/nice/)[voice](/bip39-word/voice/)[shell](/bip39-word/shell/)[talent](/bip39-word/talent/)[sphere](/bip39-word/sphere/)[student](/bip39-word/student/)[stamp](/bip39-word/stamp/)[sting](/bip39-word/sting/)[steel](/bip39-word/steel/)[stem](/bip39-word/stem/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x6AB

4-Letter Prefix

step

## About "step" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "step": **"ste"** also begins [steak](/bip39-word/steak/), [steel](/bip39-word/steel/), [stem](/bip39-word/stem/) and [stereo](/bip39-word/stereo/).
- **"step"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins steppa in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1708 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) trefit 

[French](/french/) salon 

[Italian](/italian/) sonda 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ふとる 

[Korean](/korean/) 초등학생 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) roupa 

[Spanish](/spanish/) señal 

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

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

## 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: 

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

Words sharing the first three letters "ste":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1704 stay ](/bip39-word/stay/)[ #1705 steak ](/bip39-word/steak/)[ #1706 steel ](/bip39-word/steel/)[ #1707 stem ](/bip39-word/stem/)[ #1709 stereo ](/bip39-word/stereo/)[ #1710 stick ](/bip39-word/stick/)[ #1711 still ](/bip39-word/still/)[ #1712 sting ](/bip39-word/sting/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)
- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)
- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)