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title: "BIP39 Word #1879: turn — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/turn/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1879 11101010110 

# turn — BIP39 word #1879

"**turn**" is word #1879 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [turkey](/bip39-word/turkey/) and [turtle](/bip39-word/turtle/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11101010110`, decimal index 1878\. 

/tɜːn/  · _verb:_ to move around a central point, or change direction 

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

## 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):

[hello](/bip39-word/hello/)[print](/bip39-word/print/)[skull](/bip39-word/skull/)[width](/bip39-word/width/)[tissue](/bip39-word/tissue/)[uphold](/bip39-word/uphold/)[trip](/bip39-word/trip/)[type](/bip39-word/type/)[tumble](/bip39-word/tumble/)[tunnel](/bip39-word/tunnel/)[turtle](/bip39-word/turtle/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x756

4-Letter Prefix

turn

## About "turn" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "turn": **"tur"** also begins [turkey](/bip39-word/turkey/) and [turtle](/bip39-word/turtle/).
- **"turn"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins turno in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and turnaj in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1879 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) vyfotit 

[French](/french/) thérapie 

[Italian](/italian/) transito 

[Japanese](/japanese/) めいうん 

[Korean](/korean/) 프린터 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) testado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) toque 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "turn" /tɜːn/ is one sound away from these 7 words: 

[churn /ʧɜːn/](/bip39-word/churn/)[earn /ɜːn/](/bip39-word/earn/)[learn /lɜːn/](/bip39-word/learn/)[ten /tɛn/](/bip39-word/ten/)[term /tɜːm/](/bip39-word/term/)[tone /təʊn/](/bip39-word/tone/)[town /taʊn/](/bip39-word/town/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "tur":

[turkey](/bip39-word/turkey/)[turtle](/bip39-word/turtle/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "T"

[ #1875 tumble ](/bip39-word/tumble/)[ #1876 tuna ](/bip39-word/tuna/)[ #1877 tunnel ](/bip39-word/tunnel/)[ #1878 turkey ](/bip39-word/turkey/)[ #1880 turtle ](/bip39-word/turtle/)[ #1881 twelve ](/bip39-word/twelve/)[ #1882 twenty ](/bip39-word/twenty/)[ #1883 twice ](/bip39-word/twice/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/)
- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)

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