Word #1998 11111001101
whale — BIP39 word #1998
"whale" is word #1998 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between wet and what.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11111001101,
decimal index 1997.
/weɪl/ · noun: a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole on its head
Russian: кит
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):
Position
#1998 of 2048
Hex Index
0x7CD
4-Letter Prefix
whal
About "whale" in BIP39
- "whale" has 5 letters, but the first four, "whal", already identify it, because "wha" also begins what.
Word #1998 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "whale" /weɪl/ is one sound away from these 12 words:
Words sharing the first three letters "wha":