Word #1851 11100111010
trap — BIP39 word #1851
"trap" is word #1851 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between transfer and trash.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11100111010,
decimal index 1850.
/træp/ · noun: a device for catching animals, or a trick to catch someone
Russian: ловушка
Binary Representation
Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1851 of 2048
Hex Index
0x73A
4-Letter Prefix
trap
About "trap" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "trap": "tra" also begins 9 other words, among them track, trade, traffic and tragic.
- "trap" is unique only within the English list: it also begins trapano in the Italian list and trapo in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1851 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "trap" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "trap" /træp/ is one sound away from these 2 words: