--- title: "BIP39 Word #2020: wise — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wise/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #2020 11111100011 # wise — BIP39 word #2020 "**wise**" is word #2020 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/) and [wish](/bip39-word/wish/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111100011`, decimal index 2019\. /waɪz/ · _adjective:_ having or showing good judgment and knowledge [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мудрый ## 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): [ladder](/bip39-word/ladder/)[round](/bip39-word/round/)[symbol](/bip39-word/symbol/)[unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/)[virtual](/bip39-word/virtual/)[wear](/bip39-word/wear/)[wrist](/bip39-word/wrist/)[word](/bip39-word/word/)[woman](/bip39-word/woman/)[wire](/bip39-word/wire/)[wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/) Position Hex Index 0x7E3 4-Letter Prefix wise ## About "wise" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "wise": **"wis"** also begins [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/) and [wish](/bip39-word/wish/). ## Word #2020 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zobrazit [French](/french/) visuel [Italian](/italian/) vivido [Japanese](/japanese/) れんさい [Korean](/korean/) 회견 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) virtude [Spanish](/spanish/) vivero [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 沫 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 沫 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "wise" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [wide](/bip39-word/wide/)[wife](/bip39-word/wife/)[wine](/bip39-word/wine/)[wire](/bip39-word/wire/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/) Read aloud, "wise" /waɪz/ is one sound away from this word: [size /saɪz/](/bip39-word/size/) Words sharing the first three letters "wis": [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #2016 winner ](/bip39-word/winner/)[ #2017 winter ](/bip39-word/winter/)[ #2018 wire ](/bip39-word/wire/)[ #2019 wisdom ](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[ #2021 wish ](/bip39-word/wish/)[ #2022 witness ](/bip39-word/witness/)[ #2023 wolf ](/bip39-word/wolf/)[ #2024 woman ](/bip39-word/woman/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/) - [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/) - [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)