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title: "BIP39 Word #1961: vital — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/vital/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1961 11110101000 

# vital — BIP39 word #1961

"**vital**" is word #1961 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [visual](/bip39-word/visual/) and [vivid](/bip39-word/vivid/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11110101000`, decimal index 1960\. 

/ˈvaɪtl/  · _adjective:_ absolutely necessary, or full of energy 

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

## 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):

[insect](/bip39-word/insect/)[relax](/bip39-word/relax/)[steak](/bip39-word/steak/)[topic](/bip39-word/topic/)[wonder](/bip39-word/wonder/)[valve](/bip39-word/valve/)[warfare](/bip39-word/warfare/)[village](/bip39-word/village/)[void](/bip39-word/void/)[vocal](/bip39-word/vocal/)[vivid](/bip39-word/vivid/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x7A8

4-Letter Prefix

vita

## About "vital" in BIP39

- "vital" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"vit"**, already identify it, because **"vi"** also begins 15 other words, among them [viable](/bip39-word/viable/), [vibrant](/bip39-word/vibrant/), [vicious](/bip39-word/vicious/) and [victory](/bip39-word/victory/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #2021 (index 2020), not #1961\. A wallet set to French reads "vital" as **11111100100** instead of **11110101000**, and decodes index 1960 as "vacarme".
- **"vita"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins vitamina in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), vita in the [Italian list](/italian/) and vitalita in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1961 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zatajit 

[French](/french/) vacarme 

[Italian](/italian/) vantaggio 

[Japanese](/japanese/) よてい 

[Korean](/korean/) 행사 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) usufruir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) válido 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "vital" /ˈvaɪtl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[title /ˈtaɪtl/](/bip39-word/title/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "V"

[ #1957 virus ](/bip39-word/virus/)[ #1958 visa ](/bip39-word/visa/)[ #1959 visit ](/bip39-word/visit/)[ #1960 visual ](/bip39-word/visual/)[ #1962 vivid ](/bip39-word/vivid/)[ #1963 vocal ](/bip39-word/vocal/)[ #1964 voice ](/bip39-word/voice/)[ #1965 void ](/bip39-word/void/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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