---
title: "BIP39 Word #1798: thing — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/thing/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
---

Word #1798 11100000101 

# thing — BIP39 word #1798

"**thing**" is word #1798 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [they](/bip39-word/they/) and [this](/bip39-word/this/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11100000101`, decimal index 1797\. 

/θɪŋ/  · _noun:_ an object, idea or matter that is not named exactly 

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

## Binary Representation

Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.

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

[gaze](/bip39-word/gaze/)[pass](/bip39-word/pass/)[scheme](/bip39-word/scheme/)[vague](/bip39-word/vague/)[trim](/bip39-word/trim/)[tool](/bip39-word/tool/)[tired](/bip39-word/tired/)[ticket](/bip39-word/ticket/)[then](/bip39-word/then/)[thought](/bip39-word/thought/)[they](/bip39-word/they/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x705

4-Letter Prefix

thin

## About "thing" in BIP39

- "thing" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"thin"**, already identify it, because **"thi"** also begins [this](/bip39-word/this/).

## Word #1798 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) varan 

[French](/french/) soudure 

[Italian](/italian/) svezia 

[Japanese](/japanese/) まさつ 

[Korean](/korean/) 탁자 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) sondar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) tango 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "thing" /θɪŋ/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[ring /rɪŋ/](/bip39-word/ring/)[sing /sɪŋ/](/bip39-word/sing/)[wing /wɪŋ/](/bip39-word/wing/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "thi":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T"

[ #1794 then ](/bip39-word/then/)[ #1795 theory ](/bip39-word/theory/)[ #1796 there ](/bip39-word/there/)[ #1797 they ](/bip39-word/they/)[ #1799 this ](/bip39-word/this/)[ #1800 thought ](/bip39-word/thought/)[ #1801 three ](/bip39-word/three/)[ #1802 thrive ](/bip39-word/thrive/) 

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

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