--- title: "BIP39 Word #1981: wasp — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wasp/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1981 11110111100 # wasp — BIP39 word #1981 "**wasp**" is word #1981 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) and [waste](/bip39-word/waste/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11110111100`, decimal index 1980\. /wɒsp/ · _noun:_ a flying insect with yellow and black stripes that can sting [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): оса ## 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): [jealous](/bip39-word/jealous/)[resource](/bip39-word/resource/)[stuff](/bip39-word/stuff/)[travel](/bip39-word/travel/)[zebra](/bip39-word/zebra/)[vicious](/bip39-word/vicious/)[void](/bip39-word/void/)[walk](/bip39-word/walk/)[warfare](/bip39-word/warfare/)[water](/bip39-word/water/)[waste](/bip39-word/waste/) Position Hex Index 0x7BC 4-Letter Prefix wasp ## About "wasp" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "wasp": **"was"** also begins [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) and [waste](/bip39-word/waste/). ## Word #1981 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zdvih [French](/french/) végétal [Italian](/italian/) verbale [Japanese](/japanese/) りきさく [Korean](/korean/) 형사 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) vedar [Spanish](/spanish/) veneno [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 胎 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 胎 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "wasp" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/)[wash](/bip39-word/wash/) Words sharing the first three letters "was": [wash](/bip39-word/wash/)[waste](/bip39-word/waste/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #1977 warfare ](/bip39-word/warfare/)[ #1978 warm ](/bip39-word/warm/)[ #1979 warrior ](/bip39-word/warrior/)[ #1980 wash ](/bip39-word/wash/)[ #1982 waste ](/bip39-word/waste/)[ #1983 water ](/bip39-word/water/)[ #1984 wave ](/bip39-word/wave/)[ #1985 way ](/bip39-word/way/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/) - [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)