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title: "BIP39 Word #1851: trap — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/trap/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1851 11100111010 

# trap — BIP39 word #1851

"**trap**" is word #1851 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [transfer](/bip39-word/transfer/) and [trash](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[guard](/bip39-word/guard/)[point](/bip39-word/point/)[shrug](/bip39-word/shrug/)[warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/)[urban](/bip39-word/urban/)[today](/bip39-word/today/)[torch](/bip39-word/torch/)[town](/bip39-word/town/)[treat](/bip39-word/treat/)[train](/bip39-word/train/)[trash](/bip39-word/trash/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/track/), [trade](/bip39-word/trade/), [traffic](/bip39-word/traffic/) and [tragic](/bip39-word/tragic/).
- **"trap"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins trapano in the [Italian list](/italian/) and trapo in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1851 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) vojna 

[French](/french/) tambour 

[Italian](/italian/) titolo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) むえん 

[Korean](/korean/) 팬티 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) tapar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) tigre 

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

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

## 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: 

[tray](/bip39-word/tray/)[trip](/bip39-word/trip/)[wrap](/bip39-word/wrap/) 

Read aloud, "trap" /træp/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[track /træk/](/bip39-word/track/)[trash /træʃ/](/bip39-word/trash/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "tra":

[track](/bip39-word/track/)[trade](/bip39-word/trade/)[traffic](/bip39-word/traffic/)[tragic](/bip39-word/tragic/)[train](/bip39-word/train/)[transfer](/bip39-word/transfer/)[trash](/bip39-word/trash/)[travel](/bip39-word/travel/)[tray](/bip39-word/tray/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T"

[ #1847 traffic ](/bip39-word/traffic/)[ #1848 tragic ](/bip39-word/tragic/)[ #1849 train ](/bip39-word/train/)[ #1850 transfer ](/bip39-word/transfer/)[ #1852 trash ](/bip39-word/trash/)[ #1853 travel ](/bip39-word/travel/)[ #1854 tray ](/bip39-word/tray/)[ #1855 treat ](/bip39-word/treat/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)
- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)
