--- title: "BIP39 Word #2018: wire — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wire/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #2018 11111100001 # wire — BIP39 word #2018 "**wire**" is word #2018 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [winter](/bip39-word/winter/) and [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111100001`, decimal index 2017\. /ˈwaɪə/ · _noun:_ a thin flexible metal thread used for fastening or carrying electricity [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): проволока ## 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): [label](/bip39-word/label/)[rotate](/bip39-word/rotate/)[switch](/bip39-word/switch/)[umbrella](/bip39-word/umbrella/)[vintage](/bip39-word/vintage/)[wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/)[wreck](/bip39-word/wreck/)[wood](/bip39-word/wood/)[witness](/bip39-word/witness/)[wise](/bip39-word/wise/)[winter](/bip39-word/winter/) Position Hex Index 0x7E1 4-Letter Prefix wire ## About "wire" in BIP39 - "wire" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"wir"**, already identify it, because **"wi"** also begins 16 other words, among them [wide](/bip39-word/wide/), [width](/bip39-word/width/), [wife](/bip39-word/wife/) and [wild](/bip39-word/wild/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #2018 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) znamenat [French](/french/) vision [Italian](/italian/) vittima [Japanese](/japanese/) れんけい [Korean](/korean/) 활용 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) violeta [Spanish](/spanish/) viudo [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 蔡 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 蔡 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 6 BIP39 words differ from "wire" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [fire](/bip39-word/fire/)[hire](/bip39-word/hire/)[wide](/bip39-word/wide/)[wife](/bip39-word/wife/)[wine](/bip39-word/wine/)[wise](/bip39-word/wise/) Read aloud, "wire" /ˈwaɪə/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [buyer /ˈbaɪə/](/bip39-word/buyer/)[liar /ˈlaɪə/](/bip39-word/liar/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #2014 wing ](/bip39-word/wing/)[ #2015 wink ](/bip39-word/wink/)[ #2016 winner ](/bip39-word/winner/)[ #2017 winter ](/bip39-word/winter/)[ #2019 wisdom ](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[ #2020 wise ](/bip39-word/wise/)[ #2021 wish ](/bip39-word/wish/)[ #2022 witness ](/bip39-word/witness/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/) - [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/) - [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)