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title: "BIP39 Word #1762: switch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/switch/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1762 11011100001 

# switch — BIP39 word #1762

"**switch**" is word #1762 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [swing](/bip39-word/swing/) and [sword](/bip39-word/sword/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11011100001`, decimal index 1761\. 

/swɪʧ/  · _noun:_ a device for turning electricity on and off, or a change 

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

## 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):

[found](/bip39-word/found/)[order](/bip39-word/order/)[wire](/bip39-word/wire/)[slow](/bip39-word/slow/)[stage](/bip39-word/stage/)[subway](/bip39-word/subway/)[taste](/bip39-word/taste/)[tag](/bip39-word/tag/)[syrup](/bip39-word/syrup/)[symbol](/bip39-word/symbol/)[swing](/bip39-word/swing/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x6E1

4-Letter Prefix

swit

## About "switch" in BIP39

- "switch" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"swit"**, already identify it, because **"swi"** also begins [swift](/bip39-word/swift/), [swim](/bip39-word/swim/) and [swing](/bip39-word/swing/).

## Word #1762 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) uniknout 

[French](/french/) sidéral 

[Italian](/italian/) stelo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ほえる 

[Korean](/korean/) 침묵 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) semente 

[Spanish](/spanish/) suave 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "switch" /swɪʧ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[swim /swɪm/](/bip39-word/swim/)[swing /swɪŋ/](/bip39-word/swing/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "swi":

[swift](/bip39-word/swift/)[swim](/bip39-word/swim/)[swing](/bip39-word/swing/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1758 sweet ](/bip39-word/sweet/)[ #1759 swift ](/bip39-word/swift/)[ #1760 swim ](/bip39-word/swim/)[ #1761 swing ](/bip39-word/swing/)[ #1763 sword ](/bip39-word/sword/)[ #1764 symbol ](/bip39-word/symbol/)[ #1765 symptom ](/bip39-word/symptom/)[ #1766 syrup ](/bip39-word/syrup/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)
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- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)

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