Word #1788 11011111011
term — BIP39 word #1788
"term" is word #1788 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between tent and test.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11011111011,
decimal index 1787.
/tɜːm/ · noun: a word for a particular thing, or a fixed period of time
Russian: термин
Binary Representation
Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1788 of 2048
Hex Index
0x6FB
4-Letter Prefix
term
About "term" in BIP39
- "term" has 4 letters, but the first three, "ter", already identify it, because "te" also begins 9 other words, among them teach, team, tell and ten. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "term" is unique only within the English list: it also begins terminer in the French list, terme in the Italian list, termal in the Portuguese list and termoska in the Czech list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1788 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "term" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "term" /tɜːm/ is one sound away from these 3 words: