Word #1972 11110110011

wait — BIP39 word #1972

"wait" is word #1972 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between wagon and walk. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 11110110011, decimal index 1971.

/weɪt/ · verb: to stay where you are or delay acting until something happens

Russian: ждать

Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

island reopen stool toy wrist venue virtual wash want wage wagon

Position

#1972 of 2048

Hex Index

0x7B3

4-Letter Prefix

wait

About "wait" in BIP39

"wait" has 4 letters, but the first three, "wai", already identify it, because "wa" also begins 15 other words, among them wage, wagon, walk and wall. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.