--- title: "BIP39 Word #1988: wear — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wear/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1988 11111000011 # wear — BIP39 word #1988 "**wear**" is word #1988 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/) and [weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111000011`, decimal index 1987\. /weə/ · _verb:_ to have clothing or jewelry on your body [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): носить ## Binary Representation Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [journey](/bip39-word/journey/)[reveal](/bip39-word/reveal/)[such](/bip39-word/such/)[trick](/bip39-word/trick/)[vacant](/bip39-word/vacant/)[wise](/bip39-word/wise/)[whip](/bip39-word/whip/)[west](/bip39-word/west/)[wedding](/bip39-word/wedding/)[wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/)[weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/) Position Hex Index 0x7C3 4-Letter Prefix wear ## About "wear" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "wear": **"wea"** also begins [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/), [weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/), [weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/) and [weather](/bip39-word/weather/). ## Word #1988 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zezdola [French](/french/) venimeux [Italian](/italian/) vessillo [Japanese](/japanese/) りそう [Korean](/korean/) 호기심 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) vendaval [Spanish](/spanish/) verbo [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 霞 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 霞 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery "**wear**" sounds exactly like [where](/bip39-word/where/): both are transcribed /weə/. When a phrase is read aloud or dictated, spell this word out. 4 BIP39 words differ from "wear" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [near](/bip39-word/near/)[pear](/bip39-word/pear/)[swear](/bip39-word/swear/)[year](/bip39-word/year/) Read aloud, "wear" /weə/ is one sound away from these 9 words: [air /eə/](/bip39-word/air/)[aware /əˈweə/](/bip39-word/aware/)[chair /ʧeə/](/bip39-word/chair/)[hair /heə/](/bip39-word/hair/)[pair /peə/](/bip39-word/pair/)[rare /reə/](/bip39-word/rare/)[share /ʃeə/](/bip39-word/share/)[there /ðeə/](/bip39-word/there/)[way /weɪ/](/bip39-word/way/) Words sharing the first three letters "wea": [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/)[weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/)[weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/)[weather](/bip39-word/weather/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #1984 wave ](/bip39-word/wave/)[ #1985 way ](/bip39-word/way/)[ #1986 wealth ](/bip39-word/wealth/)[ #1987 weapon ](/bip39-word/weapon/)[ #1989 weasel ](/bip39-word/weasel/)[ #1990 weather ](/bip39-word/weather/)[ #1991 web ](/bip39-word/web/)[ #1992 wedding ](/bip39-word/wedding/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Generate a BIP39 Seed Phrase with Dice, Step by Step](/seed-phrase-with-dice/) - [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/) - [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)