--- title: "BIP39 Word #2021: wish — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/wish/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #2021 11111100100 # wish — BIP39 word #2021 "**wish**" is word #2021 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [wise](/bip39-word/wise/) and [witness](/bip39-word/witness/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111100100`, decimal index 2020\. /wɪʃ/ · _verb:_ to want something to happen, especially something unlikely [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): желание ## 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): [lady](/bip39-word/lady/)[route](/bip39-word/route/)[symptom](/bip39-word/symptom/)[uncle](/bip39-word/uncle/)[virus](/bip39-word/virus/)[weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/)[write](/bip39-word/write/)[work](/bip39-word/work/)[winter](/bip39-word/winter/)[wolf](/bip39-word/wolf/)[witness](/bip39-word/witness/) Position Hex Index 0x7E4 4-Letter Prefix wish ## About "wish" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "wish": **"wis"** also begins [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/) and [wise](/bip39-word/wise/). ## Word #2021 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) zotavit [French](/french/) vital [Italian](/italian/) viziare [Japanese](/japanese/) れんしゅう [Korean](/korean/) 회관 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) visitar [Spanish](/spanish/) vivir [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 皺 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 皱 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "wish" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [dish](/bip39-word/dish/)[fish](/bip39-word/fish/)[wash](/bip39-word/wash/)[wise](/bip39-word/wise/) Read aloud, "wish" /wɪʃ/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [whip /wɪp/](/bip39-word/whip/)[will /wɪl/](/bip39-word/will/)[win /wɪn/](/bip39-word/win/)[wing /wɪŋ/](/bip39-word/wing/) Words sharing the first three letters "wis": [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[wise](/bip39-word/wise/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "W" [ #2017 winter ](/bip39-word/winter/)[ #2018 wire ](/bip39-word/wire/)[ #2019 wisdom ](/bip39-word/wisdom/)[ #2020 wise ](/bip39-word/wise/)[ #2022 witness ](/bip39-word/witness/)[ #2023 wolf ](/bip39-word/wolf/)[ #2024 woman ](/bip39-word/woman/)[ #2025 wonder ](/bip39-word/wonder/) [View all words starting with "W" ](/bip39-words/w/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/) - [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/) - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)