Word #1747 11011010010
surge — BIP39 word #1747
"surge" is word #1747 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between surface and surprise.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11011010010,
decimal index 1746.
/sɜːʤ/ · noun: a sudden powerful forward movement or increase
Russian: всплеск
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):
Position
#1747 of 2048
Hex Index
0x6D2
4-Letter Prefix
surg
About "surge" in BIP39
- "surge" has 5 letters, but the first four, "surg", already identify it, because "sur" also begins sure, surface, surprise, surround and survey.
- "surg" is unique only within the English list: it also begins surgir in the Spanish list and surgelato in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1747 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
2 BIP39 words differ from "surge" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "surge" /sɜːʤ/ is one sound away from these 3 words: