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title: "BIP39 Word #2003: where — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/where/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #2003 11111010010 

# where — BIP39 word #2003

"**where**" is word #2003 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [when](/bip39-word/when/) and [whip](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[kid](/bip39-word/kid/)[ripple](/bip39-word/ripple/)[surge](/bip39-word/surge/)[tumble](/bip39-word/tumble/)[venture](/bip39-word/venture/)[wrestle](/bip39-word/wrestle/)[weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/)[win](/bip39-word/win/)[width](/bip39-word/width/)[wheel](/bip39-word/wheel/)[whip](/bip39-word/whip/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x7D2

4-Letter Prefix

wher

## About "where" in BIP39

- "where" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"wher"**, already identify it, because **"whe"** also begins [wheat](/bip39-word/wheat/), [wheel](/bip39-word/wheel/) and [when](/bip39-word/when/).

## Word #2003 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zloba 

[French](/french/) victoire 

[Italian](/italian/) villano 

[Japanese](/japanese/) るいけい 

[Korean](/korean/) 화요일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) viagem 

[Spanish](/spanish/) viernes 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

"**where**" sounds exactly like [wear](/bip39-word/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: 

[there](/bip39-word/there/) 

Read aloud, "where" /weə/ is one sound away from these 10 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/)[pear /peə/](/bip39-word/pear/)[rare /reə/](/bip39-word/rare/)[share /ʃeə/](/bip39-word/share/)[swear /sweə/](/bip39-word/swear/)[way /weɪ/](/bip39-word/way/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "whe":

[wheat](/bip39-word/wheat/)[wheel](/bip39-word/wheel/)[when](/bip39-word/when/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W"

[ #1999 what ](/bip39-word/what/)[ #2000 wheat ](/bip39-word/wheat/)[ #2001 wheel ](/bip39-word/wheel/)[ #2002 when ](/bip39-word/when/)[ #2004 whip ](/bip39-word/whip/)[ #2005 whisper ](/bip39-word/whisper/)[ #2006 wide ](/bip39-word/wide/)[ #2007 width ](/bip39-word/width/) 

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

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