Word #1957 11110100100
virus — BIP39 word #1957
"virus" is word #1957 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between virtual and visa.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11110100100,
decimal index 1956.
/ˈvaɪərəs/ · noun: a tiny infectious particle that causes disease, or a harmful computer program
Russian: вирус
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):
Position
#1957 of 2048
Hex Index
0x7A4
4-Letter Prefix
viru
About "virus" in BIP39
- "virus" has 5 letters, but the first four, "viru", already identify it, because "vir" also begins virtual.
- The same spelling is in the French BIP39 wordlist, but as word #2015 (index 2014), not #1957. A wallet set to French reads "virus" as 11111011110 instead of 11110100100, and decodes index 1956 as "usuel".
- "viru" is unique only within the English list: it also begins virulento in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1957 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
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