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title: "BIP39 Word #1957: virus — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/virus/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1957 11110100100 

# virus — BIP39 word #1957

"**virus**" is word #1957 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [virtual](/bip39-word/virtual/) and [visa](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[innocent](/bip39-word/innocent/)[region](/bip39-word/region/)[stand](/bip39-word/stand/)[tonight](/bip39-word/tonight/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/)[vacuum](/bip39-word/vacuum/)[walk](/bip39-word/walk/)[void](/bip39-word/void/)[village](/bip39-word/village/)[visit](/bip39-word/visit/)[visa](/bip39-word/visa/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/virtual/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), 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](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1957 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zapsat 

[French](/french/) usuel 

[Italian](/italian/) vampata 

[Japanese](/japanese/) よしゅう 

[Korean](/korean/) 햇볕 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) urtiga 

[Spanish](/spanish/) vago 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "vir":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "V"

[ #1953 village ](/bip39-word/village/)[ #1954 vintage ](/bip39-word/vintage/)[ #1955 violin ](/bip39-word/violin/)[ #1956 virtual ](/bip39-word/virtual/)[ #1958 visa ](/bip39-word/visa/)[ #1959 visit ](/bip39-word/visit/)[ #1960 visual ](/bip39-word/visual/)[ #1961 vital ](/bip39-word/vital/) 

[View all words starting with "V" ](/bip39-words/v/) 

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- [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/)
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