--- title: "BIP39 Words Starting with I — 55 Mnemonic Seed Phrase Words" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-words/i/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- # BIP39 Words Starting with I (55 words) The 55 BIP39 words that start with I run from #898 [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) to #952 [ivory](/bip39-word/ivory/) in the English wordlist: indexes 897 to 951, or **01110000001** to **01110110111** in binary. That is 2.7% of the 2048 words, the 16th-largest of the 25 letter groups. Word length goes from 3 letters ([ice](/bip39-word/ice/) and [ill](/bip39-word/ill/)) to 8 ([identify](/bip39-word/identify/), [increase](/bip39-word/increase/) and 4 more). 13 three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest is **"ins"**, with 5 words. The 39 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 12 are identified by the first three, and 4 ([ignore](/bip39-word/ignore/), [iron](/bip39-word/iron/), [item](/bip39-word/item/) and 1 more) by the first two. The short word [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) also begins longer ones, so a four-letter backup keeps it whole. Nine of the 55 words have look-alikes one letter away, such as [icon](/bip39-word/icon/) and [iron](/bip39-word/iron/). Read aloud, 18 pairs differ by a single sound, for example [inch](/bip39-word/inch/) and [inner](/bip39-word/inner/). Five spellings are shared with the [French BIP39 list](/french/), at different indexes: [image](/bip39-word/image/), [immense](/bip39-word/immense/), [impact](/bip39-word/impact/) and 2 more. Six of the words appear in the official BIP39 test vectors, among them [income](/bip39-word/income/) and [inflict](/bip39-word/inflict/). ## All 55 BIP39 words starting with I | # | Word | Binary | IPA | Prefix | | --- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ------ | | 898 | [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) | 01110000001 | /aɪs/ | ice | | 899 | [icon](/bip39-word/icon/) | 01110000010 | /ˈaɪkɒn/ | icon | | 900 | [idea](/bip39-word/idea/) | 01110000011 | /aɪˈdɪə/ | idea | | 901 | [identify](/bip39-word/identify/) | 01110000100 | /aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ/ | iden | | 902 | [idle](/bip39-word/idle/) | 01110000101 | /ˈaɪdᵊl/ | idle | | 903 | [ignore](/bip39-word/ignore/) | 01110000110 | /ɪgˈnɔː/ | igno | | 904 | [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) | 01110000111 | /ɪl/ | ill | | 905 | [illegal](/bip39-word/illegal/) | 01110001000 | /ɪˈliːgəl/ | ille | | 906 | [illness](/bip39-word/illness/) | 01110001001 | /ˈɪlnɪs/ | illn | | 907 | [image](/bip39-word/image/) | 01110001010 | /ˈɪmɪʤ/ | imag | | 908 | [imitate](/bip39-word/imitate/) | 01110001011 | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ | imit | | 909 | [immense](/bip39-word/immense/) | 01110001100 | /ɪˈmɛns/ | imme | | 910 | [immune](/bip39-word/immune/) | 01110001101 | /ɪˈmjuːn/ | immu | | 911 | [impact](/bip39-word/impact/) | 01110001110 | /ˈɪmpækt/ | impa | | 912 | [impose](/bip39-word/impose/) | 01110001111 | /ɪmˈpəʊz/ | impo | | 913 | [improve](/bip39-word/improve/) | 01110010000 | /ɪmˈpruːv/ | impr | | 914 | [impulse](/bip39-word/impulse/) | 01110010001 | /ˈɪmpʌls/ | impu | | 915 | [inch](/bip39-word/inch/) | 01110010010 | /ɪnʧ/ | inch | | 916 | [include](/bip39-word/include/) | 01110010011 | /ɪnˈkluːd/ | incl | | 917 | [income](/bip39-word/income/) | 01110010100 | /ˈɪnkʌm/ | inco | | 918 | [increase](/bip39-word/increase/) | 01110010101 | /ˈɪnkriːs/ | incr | | 919 | [index](/bip39-word/index/) | 01110010110 | /ˈɪndɛks/ | inde | | 920 | [indicate](/bip39-word/indicate/) | 01110010111 | /ˈɪndɪkeɪt/ | indi | | 921 | [indoor](/bip39-word/indoor/) | 01110011000 | /ˌɪnˈdɔː/ | indo | | 922 | [industry](/bip39-word/industry/) | 01110011001 | /ˈɪndəstri/ | indu | | 923 | [infant](/bip39-word/infant/) | 01110011010 | /ˈɪnfənt/ | infa | | 924 | [inflict](/bip39-word/inflict/) | 01110011011 | /ɪnˈflɪkt/ | infl | | 925 | [inform](/bip39-word/inform/) | 01110011100 | /ɪnˈfɔːm/ | info | | 926 | [inhale](/bip39-word/inhale/) | 01110011101 | /ɪnˈheɪl/ | inha | | 927 | [inherit](/bip39-word/inherit/) | 01110011110 | /ɪnˈhɛrɪt/ | inhe | | 928 | [initial](/bip39-word/initial/) | 01110011111 | /ɪˈnɪʃəl/ | init | | 929 | [inject](/bip39-word/inject/) | 01110100000 | /ɪnˈʤɛkt/ | inje | | 930 | [injury](/bip39-word/injury/) | 01110100001 | /ˈɪnʤəri/ | inju | | 931 | [inmate](/bip39-word/inmate/) | 01110100010 | /ˈɪnmeɪt/ | inma | | 932 | [inner](/bip39-word/inner/) | 01110100011 | /ˈɪnə/ | inne | | 933 | [innocent](/bip39-word/innocent/) | 01110100100 | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | inno | | 934 | [input](/bip39-word/input/) | 01110100101 | /ˈɪnpʊt/ | inpu | | 935 | [inquiry](/bip39-word/inquiry/) | 01110100110 | /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/ | inqu | | 936 | [insane](/bip39-word/insane/) | 01110100111 | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | insa | | 937 | [insect](/bip39-word/insect/) | 01110101000 | /ˈɪnsɛkt/ | inse | | 938 | [inside](/bip39-word/inside/) | 01110101001 | /ɪnˈsaɪd/ | insi | | 939 | [inspire](/bip39-word/inspire/) | 01110101010 | /ɪnˈspaɪə/ | insp | | 940 | [install](/bip39-word/install/) | 01110101011 | /ɪnˈstɔːl/ | inst | | 941 | [intact](/bip39-word/intact/) | 01110101100 | /ɪnˈtækt/ | inta | | 942 | [interest](/bip39-word/interest/) | 01110101101 | /ˈɪntrɪst/ | inte | | 943 | [into](/bip39-word/into/) | 01110101110 | /ˈɪntuː/ | into | | 944 | [invest](/bip39-word/invest/) | 01110101111 | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | inve | | 945 | [invite](/bip39-word/invite/) | 01110110000 | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | invi | | 946 | [involve](/bip39-word/involve/) | 01110110001 | /ɪnˈvɒlv/ | invo | | 947 | [iron](/bip39-word/iron/) | 01110110010 | /ˈaɪən/ | iron | | 948 | [island](/bip39-word/island/) | 01110110011 | /ˈaɪlənd/ | isla | | 949 | [isolate](/bip39-word/isolate/) | 01110110100 | /ˈaɪsəleɪt/ | isol | | 950 | [issue](/bip39-word/issue/) | 01110110101 | /ˈɪʃuː/ | issu | | 951 | [item](/bip39-word/item/) | 01110110110 | /ˈaɪtəm/ | item | | 952 | [ivory](/bip39-word/ivory/) | 01110110111 | /ˈaɪvᵊri/ | ivor | ## Similar-looking words to check These 13 pairs differ by one letter, with at least one word starting with I. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it. - [all](/bip39-word/all/) [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) - [dice](/bip39-word/dice/) [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) - [dinner](/bip39-word/dinner/) [inner](/bip39-word/inner/) - [hill](/bip39-word/hill/) [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) - [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) [nice](/bip39-word/nice/) - [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) [rice](/bip39-word/rice/) - [icon](/bip39-word/icon/) [iron](/bip39-word/iron/) - [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) [pill](/bip39-word/pill/) - [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) [will](/bip39-word/will/) - [inject](/bip39-word/inject/) [insect](/bip39-word/insect/) - [inner](/bip39-word/inner/) [winner](/bip39-word/winner/) - [issue](/bip39-word/issue/) [tissue](/bip39-word/tissue/) - [item](/bip39-word/item/) [stem](/bip39-word/stem/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist (all 2048 words) ](/#wordlist)