--- title: "BIP39 Word #1872: try — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/try/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1872 11101001111 # try — BIP39 word #1872 "**try**" is word #1872 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [truth](/bip39-word/truth/) and [tube](/bip39-word/tube/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11101001111`, decimal index 1871\. /traɪ/ · _verb:_ to make an effort to do something, or to test it [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): пытаться ## Binary Representation Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [hazard](/bip39-word/hazard/)[prepare](/bip39-word/prepare/)[size](/bip39-word/size/)[wheat](/bip39-word/wheat/)[tiger](/bip39-word/tiger/)[unknown](/bip39-word/unknown/)[typical](/bip39-word/typical/)[trophy](/bip39-word/trophy/)[truly](/bip39-word/truly/)[trust](/bip39-word/trust/)[truth](/bip39-word/truth/) Position Hex Index 0x74F 4-Letter Prefix try ## About "try" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "try": **"tr"** also begins 27 other words, among them [track](/bip39-word/track/), [trade](/bip39-word/trade/), [traffic](/bip39-word/traffic/) and [tragic](/bip39-word/tragic/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #1872 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) vstup [French](/french/) terminer [Italian](/italian/) totano [Japanese](/japanese/) むのう [Korean](/korean/) 표현 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) tensor [Spanish](/spanish/) toga [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 酚 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 酚 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "try" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cry](/bip39-word/cry/)[dry](/bip39-word/dry/)[toy](/bip39-word/toy/)[tray](/bip39-word/tray/) Read aloud, "try" /traɪ/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [tree /triː/](/bip39-word/tree/)[tribe /traɪb/](/bip39-word/tribe/)[true /truː/](/bip39-word/true/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T" [ #1868 truly ](/bip39-word/truly/)[ #1869 trumpet ](/bip39-word/trumpet/)[ #1870 trust ](/bip39-word/trust/)[ #1871 truth ](/bip39-word/truth/)[ #1873 tube ](/bip39-word/tube/)[ #1874 tuition ](/bip39-word/tuition/)[ #1875 tumble ](/bip39-word/tumble/)[ #1876 tuna ](/bip39-word/tuna/) [View all words starting with "T" ](/bip39-words/t/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) - [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)