--- title: "BIP39 Word #1980: wash — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wash/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1980 11110111011 # wash — BIP39 word #1980 "**wash**" is word #1980 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/) and [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11110111011`, decimal index 1979\. /wɒʃ/ · _verb:_ to clean something with water and usually soap [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мыть ## Binary Representation Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [jazz](/bip39-word/jazz/)[resist](/bip39-word/resist/)[student](/bip39-word/student/)[trash](/bip39-word/trash/)[youth](/bip39-word/youth/)[vibrant](/bip39-word/vibrant/)[voice](/bip39-word/voice/)[wait](/bip39-word/wait/)[wave](/bip39-word/wave/)[warm](/bip39-word/warm/)[warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/) Position Hex Index 0x7BB 4-Letter Prefix wash ## About "wash" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "wash": **"was"** also begins [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) and [waste](/bip39-word/waste/). ## Word #1980 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zdroj [French](/french/) vedette [Italian](/italian/) verace [Japanese](/japanese/) りかい [Korean](/korean/) 형부 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) veado [Spanish](/spanish/) venda [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 撈 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 捞 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "wash" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cash](/bip39-word/cash/)[dash](/bip39-word/dash/)[wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/) Read aloud, "wash" /wɒʃ/ is one sound away from this word: [what /wɒt/](/bip39-word/what/) Words sharing the first three letters "was": [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/)[waste](/bip39-word/waste/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #1976 want ](/bip39-word/want/)[ #1977 warfare ](/bip39-word/warfare/)[ #1978 warm ](/bip39-word/warm/)[ #1979 warrior ](/bip39-word/warrior/)[ #1981 wasp ](/bip39-word/wasp/)[ #1982 waste ](/bip39-word/waste/)[ #1983 water ](/bip39-word/water/)[ #1984 wave ](/bip39-word/wave/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/) - [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/) - [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)