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title: "BIP39 Word #2046: zero — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/zero/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #2046 11111111101 

# zero — BIP39 word #2046

"**zero**" is word #2046 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [zebra](/bip39-word/zebra/) and [zone](/bip39-word/zone/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11111111101`, decimal index 2045\. 

/ˈzɪərəʊ/  · _number:_ the figure 0, representing no amount or quantity 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): ноль 

## Binary Representation

A single 0-bit, which only ten other indexes share: [lend](/bip39-word/lend/), [say](/bip39-word/say/), [that](/bip39-word/that/), [useful](/bip39-word/useful/), [wave](/bip39-word/wave/), [winner](/bip39-word/winner/), [worth](/bip39-word/worth/), [year](/bip39-word/year/), [youth](/bip39-word/youth/) and [zone](/bip39-word/zone/).

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[leisure](/bip39-word/leisure/)[sausage](/bip39-word/sausage/)[text](/bip39-word/text/)[use](/bip39-word/use/)[waste](/bip39-word/waste/)[wing](/bip39-word/wing/)[world](/bip39-word/world/)[wrong](/bip39-word/wrong/)[you](/bip39-word/you/)[zoo](/bip39-word/zoo/)[zebra](/bip39-word/zebra/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x7FD

4-Letter Prefix

zero

## About "zero" in BIP39

- "zero" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"zer"**, already identify it, because **"ze"** also begins [zebra](/bip39-word/zebra/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #2046 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) zvrat 

[French](/french/) zénith 

[Italian](/italian/) zufolo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) わすれもの 

[Korean](/korean/) 희생 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) zombar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) zorro 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "zero" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "Z"

[ #2045 zebra ](/bip39-word/zebra/)[ #2047 zone ](/bip39-word/zone/)[ #2048 zoo ](/bip39-word/zoo/) 

[View all words starting with "Z" ](/bip39-words/z/) 

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