where — BIP39 word #2003
"where" is word #2003 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between when and whip.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11111010010,
decimal index 2002.
/weə/ · adverb: in or to what place, or the place in which
Russian: где
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):
Position
#2003 of 2048
Hex Index
0x7D2
4-Letter Prefix
wher
About "where" in BIP39
Word #2003 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
"where" sounds exactly like wear: both are transcribed /weə/. When a phrase is read aloud or dictated, spell this word out.
One BIP39 word differs from "where" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "where" /weə/ is one sound away from these 10 words: