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title: "BIP39 Word #1891: unable — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/unable/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1891 11101100010 

# unable — BIP39 word #1891

"**unable**" is word #1891 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [umbrella](/bip39-word/umbrella/) and [unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11101100010`, decimal index 1890\. 

/ʌnˈeɪbl/  · _adjective:_ not having the skill, power or means to do something 

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

## 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):

[hobby](/bip39-word/hobby/)[proof](/bip39-word/proof/)[slush](/bip39-word/slush/)[wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[tone](/bip39-word/tone/)[tribe](/bip39-word/tribe/)[unusual](/bip39-word/unusual/)[unhappy](/bip39-word/unhappy/)[under](/bip39-word/under/)[ugly](/bip39-word/ugly/)[unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x762

4-Letter Prefix

unab

## About "unable" in BIP39

- "unable" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"unab"**, already identify it, because **"una"** also begins [unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/).

## Word #1891 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) vymazat 

[French](/french/) tolérant 

[Italian](/italian/) trillo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) めした 

[Korean](/korean/) 하늘 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) titular 

[Spanish](/spanish/) toser 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "unable" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[enable](/bip39-word/enable/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "una":

[unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "U"

[ #1889 ugly ](/bip39-word/ugly/)[ #1890 umbrella ](/bip39-word/umbrella/)[ #1892 unaware ](/bip39-word/unaware/)[ #1893 uncle ](/bip39-word/uncle/)[ #1894 uncover ](/bip39-word/uncover/)[ #1895 under ](/bip39-word/under/)[ #1922 usual ](/bip39-word/usual/)[ #1923 utility ](/bip39-word/utility/) 

[View all words starting with "U" ](/bip39-words/u/) 

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