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title: "BIP39 Word #1709: stereo — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/stereo/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1709 11010101100 

# stereo — BIP39 word #1709

"**stereo**" is word #1709 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [step](/bip39-word/step/) and [stick](/bip39-word/stick/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11010101100`, decimal index 1708\. 

/ˈstɛriəʊ/  · _noun:_ a system for playing recorded sound through two speakers 

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

## 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):

[few](/bip39-word/few/)[night](/bip39-word/night/)[void](/bip39-word/void/)[sheriff](/bip39-word/sheriff/)[talk](/bip39-word/talk/)[spice](/bip39-word/spice/)[stuff](/bip39-word/stuff/)[stand](/bip39-word/stand/)[steak](/bip39-word/steak/)[still](/bip39-word/still/)[stick](/bip39-word/stick/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x6AC

4-Letter Prefix

ster

## About "stereo" in BIP39

- "stereo" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"ster"**, already identify it, because **"ste"** also begins [steak](/bip39-word/steak/), [steel](/bip39-word/steel/), [stem](/bip39-word/stem/) and [step](/bip39-word/step/).
- **"ster"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins sternum in the [French list](/french/) and sterzo in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1709 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) trest 

[French](/french/) saluer 

[Italian](/italian/) sonetto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ふとん 

[Korean](/korean/) 초반 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) roxo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) señor 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "ste":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1705 steak ](/bip39-word/steak/)[ #1706 steel ](/bip39-word/steel/)[ #1707 stem ](/bip39-word/stem/)[ #1708 step ](/bip39-word/step/)[ #1710 stick ](/bip39-word/stick/)[ #1711 still ](/bip39-word/still/)[ #1712 sting ](/bip39-word/sting/)[ #1713 stock ](/bip39-word/stock/) 

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

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