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title: "BIP39 Word #1828: tongue — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/tongue/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1828 11100100011 

# tongue — BIP39 word #1828

"**tongue**" is word #1828 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [tone](/bip39-word/tone/) and [tonight](/bip39-word/tonight/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11100100011`, decimal index 1827\. 

/tʌŋ/  · _noun:_ the soft movable organ in the mouth used for tasting and speaking 

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

## 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):

[good](/bip39-word/good/)[piece](/bip39-word/piece/)[settle](/bip39-word/settle/)[virtual](/bip39-word/virtual/)[unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/)[there](/bip39-word/there/)[toy](/bip39-word/toy/)[tornado](/bip39-word/tornado/)[top](/bip39-word/top/)[tomorrow](/bip39-word/tomorrow/)[tone](/bip39-word/tone/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x723

4-Letter Prefix

tong

## About "tongue" in BIP39

- "tongue" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"tong"**, already identify it, because **"ton"** also begins [tone](/bip39-word/tone/) and [tonight](/bip39-word/tonight/).

## Word #1828 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) vinice 

[French](/french/) sulfate 

[Italian](/italian/) temuto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) みすい 

[Korean](/korean/) 튀김 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) suplicar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) tenaz 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "tongue" /tʌŋ/ is one sound away from this word: 

[young /jʌŋ/](/bip39-word/young/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "ton":

[tone](/bip39-word/tone/)[tonight](/bip39-word/tonight/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T"

[ #1824 token ](/bip39-word/token/)[ #1825 tomato ](/bip39-word/tomato/)[ #1826 tomorrow ](/bip39-word/tomorrow/)[ #1827 tone ](/bip39-word/tone/)[ #1829 tonight ](/bip39-word/tonight/)[ #1830 tool ](/bip39-word/tool/)[ #1831 tooth ](/bip39-word/tooth/)[ #1832 top ](/bip39-word/top/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP): Process and Deployed BIP List](/bitcoin-improvement-proposal/)
- [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/)
- [Recover Lost Bitcoin: Find Wallet Backups and Seed Phrases](/recover-lost-bitcoin-find-wallet-backups/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)