Word #1837 11100101100
tortoise — BIP39 word #1837
"tortoise" is word #1837 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between tornado and toss.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11100101100,
decimal index 1836.
/ˈtɔːtəs/ · noun: a slow-moving land reptile with a hard domed shell
Russian: черепаха
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):
Position
#1837 of 2048
Hex Index
0x72C
4-Letter Prefix
tort
About "tortoise" in BIP39
- "tortoise" has 8 letters, but the first four, "tort", already identify it, because "tor" also begins torch and tornado.
- "tort" is unique only within the English list: it also begins tortue in the French list, tortuga in the Spanish list, tortora in the Italian list and torto in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.