Word #1928 11110000111
valley — BIP39 word #1928
"valley" is word #1928 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between valid and valve.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11110000111,
decimal index 1927.
/ˈvæli/ · noun: an area of low land between hills or mountains
Russian: долина
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
#1928 of 2048
Hex Index
0x787
4-Letter Prefix
vall
About "valley" in BIP39
- "valley" has 6 letters, but the first four, "vall", already identify it, because "val" also begins valid and valve.
- "vall" is unique only within the English list: it also begins vallon in the French list, valle in the Spanish list and valletta in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1928 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "valley" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "valley" /ˈvæli/ is one sound away from these 2 words: