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title: "BIP39 Word #1982: waste — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/waste/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1982 11110111101 

# waste — BIP39 word #1982

"**waste**" is word #1982 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) and [water](/bip39-word/water/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11110111101`, decimal index 1981\. 

/weɪst/  · _noun:_ careless use of something, or unwanted material that is thrown away 

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

## 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):

[jeans](/bip39-word/jeans/)[response](/bip39-word/response/)[stumble](/bip39-word/stumble/)[tray](/bip39-word/tray/)[zero](/bip39-word/zero/)[victory](/bip39-word/victory/)[volcano](/bip39-word/volcano/)[wall](/bip39-word/wall/)[warm](/bip39-word/warm/)[wave](/bip39-word/wave/)[wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x7BD

4-Letter Prefix

wast

## About "waste" in BIP39

- "waste" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"wast"**, already identify it, because **"was"** also begins [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) and [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/).

## Word #1982 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zdymadlo 

[French](/french/) véhicule 

[Italian](/italian/) vergogna 

[Japanese](/japanese/) りきせつ 

[Korean](/korean/) 형수 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) vegetar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) vengar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "waste" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

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

Read aloud, "waste" /weɪst/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[wait /weɪt/](/bip39-word/wait/)[west /wɛst/](/bip39-word/west/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "was":

[wash](/bip39-word/wash/)[wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W"

[ #1978 warm ](/bip39-word/warm/)[ #1979 warrior ](/bip39-word/warrior/)[ #1980 wash ](/bip39-word/wash/)[ #1981 wasp ](/bip39-word/wasp/)[ #1983 water ](/bip39-word/water/)[ #1984 wave ](/bip39-word/wave/)[ #1985 way ](/bip39-word/way/)[ #1986 wealth ](/bip39-word/wealth/) 

[View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)
- [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/)

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