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title: "BIP39 Word #1989: weasel — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/weasel/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1989 11111000100 

# weasel — BIP39 word #1989

"**weasel**" is word #1989 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) and [weather](/bip39-word/weather/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111000100`, decimal index 1988\. 

/ˈwiːzᵊl/  · _noun:_ a small slender wild animal with brown fur that hunts mice 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

[joy](/bip39-word/joy/)[review](/bip39-word/review/)[sudden](/bip39-word/sudden/)[trigger](/bip39-word/trigger/)[vacuum](/bip39-word/vacuum/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/)[whisper](/bip39-word/whisper/)[wet](/bip39-word/wet/)[way](/bip39-word/way/)[web](/bip39-word/web/)[weather](/bip39-word/weather/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x7C4

4-Letter Prefix

weas

## About "weasel" in BIP39

- "weasel" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"weas"**, already identify it, because **"wea"** also begins [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/), [weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/), [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) and [weather](/bip39-word/weather/).

## Word #1989 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zhatit 

[French](/french/) ventouse 

[Italian](/italian/) vestale 

[Japanese](/japanese/) りそく 

[Korean](/korean/) 호남 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) venerar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) verde 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "weasel" /ˈwiːzᵊl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[diesel /ˈdiːzᵊl/](/bip39-word/diesel/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "wea":

[wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/)[weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/)[wear](/bip39-word/wear/)[weather](/bip39-word/weather/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W"

[ #1985 way ](/bip39-word/way/)[ #1986 wealth ](/bip39-word/wealth/)[ #1987 weapon ](/bip39-word/weapon/)[ #1988 wear ](/bip39-word/wear/)[ #1990 weather ](/bip39-word/weather/)[ #1991 web ](/bip39-word/web/)[ #1992 wedding ](/bip39-word/wedding/)[ #1993 weekend ](/bip39-word/weekend/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)

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