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title: "BIP39 Word #1783: tell — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/tell/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1783 11011110110 

# tell — BIP39 word #1783

"**tell**" is word #1783 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [team](/bip39-word/team/) and [ten](/bip39-word/ten/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11011110110`, decimal index 1782\. 

/tɛl/  · _verb:_ to give information to someone by speaking or writing 

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

## Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

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

[gain](/bip39-word/gain/)[paddle](/bip39-word/paddle/)[yard](/bip39-word/yard/)[solution](/bip39-word/solution/)[strategy](/bip39-word/strategy/)[suspect](/bip39-word/suspect/)[system](/bip39-word/system/)[thank](/bip39-word/thank/)[tattoo](/bip39-word/tattoo/)[teach](/bip39-word/teach/)[ten](/bip39-word/ten/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x6F6

4-Letter Prefix

tell

## About "tell" in BIP39

- "tell" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"tel"**, already identify it, because **"te"** also begins 9 other words, among them [teach](/bip39-word/teach/), [team](/bip39-word/team/), [ten](/bip39-word/ten/) and [tenant](/bip39-word/tenant/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1783 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) utrousit 

[French](/french/) soleil 

[Italian](/italian/) suggerito 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ほっさ 

[Korean](/korean/) 쿠데타 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) sinopse 

[Spanish](/spanish/) sutil 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "tell" /tɛl/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[shell /ʃɛl/](/bip39-word/shell/)[tail /teɪl/](/bip39-word/tail/)[ten /tɛn/](/bip39-word/ten/)[tool /tuːl/](/bip39-word/tool/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T"

[ #1779 tattoo ](/bip39-word/tattoo/)[ #1780 taxi ](/bip39-word/taxi/)[ #1781 teach ](/bip39-word/teach/)[ #1782 team ](/bip39-word/team/)[ #1784 ten ](/bip39-word/ten/)[ #1785 tenant ](/bip39-word/tenant/)[ #1786 tennis ](/bip39-word/tennis/)[ #1787 tent ](/bip39-word/tent/) 

[View all words starting with "T" ](/bip39-words/t/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/)
- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)