--- title: "BIP39 Word #1997: wet — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wet/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1997 11111001100 # wet — BIP39 word #1997 "**wet**" is word #1997 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [west](/bip39-word/west/) and [whale](/bip39-word/whale/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111001100`, decimal index 1996\. /wɛt/ · _adjective:_ covered or soaked with water or another liquid [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мокрый ## 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): [kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ridge](/bip39-word/ridge/)[sunset](/bip39-word/sunset/)[trumpet](/bip39-word/trumpet/)[various](/bip39-word/various/)[work](/bip39-word/work/)[wine](/bip39-word/wine/)[weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/)[weekend](/bip39-word/weekend/)[what](/bip39-word/what/)[whale](/bip39-word/whale/) Position Hex Index 0x7CC 4-Letter Prefix wet ## About "wet" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "wet": **"we"** also begins 11 other words, among them [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/), [weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/), [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) and [weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #1997 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zklamat [French](/french/) vétéran [Italian](/italian/) vicinanza [Japanese](/japanese/) りょくちゃ [Korean](/korean/) 홍보 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) versar [Spanish](/spanish/) vicio [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 宿 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 宿 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "wet" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [net](/bip39-word/net/)[pet](/bip39-word/pet/)[web](/bip39-word/web/)[west](/bip39-word/west/) Read aloud, "wet" /wɛt/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [wait /weɪt/](/bip39-word/wait/)[what /wɒt/](/bip39-word/what/)[wheat /wiːt/](/bip39-word/wheat/)[when /wɛn/](/bip39-word/when/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #1993 weekend ](/bip39-word/weekend/)[ #1994 weird ](/bip39-word/weird/)[ #1995 welcome ](/bip39-word/welcome/)[ #1996 west ](/bip39-word/west/)[ #1998 whale ](/bip39-word/whale/)[ #1999 what ](/bip39-word/what/)[ #2000 wheat ](/bip39-word/wheat/)[ #2001 wheel ](/bip39-word/wheel/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [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/) - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)