BIP39 Words Starting with S (250 words)
The 250 BIP39 words that start with S run from #1518 sad to #1767 system in the English wordlist: indexes 1517 to 1766, or 10111101101 to 11011100110 in binary. That is 12.2% of the 2048 words, the largest letter group. Word length goes from 3 letters (sad, say and 6 more) to 8 (scissors, scorpion and 9 more).
61 three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest is "sta", with 10 words. The 205 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 45 are identified by the first three. The short words sad, sea, ski and sun also begin longer ones, so a four-letter backup keeps them whole.
119 of the 250 words have look-alikes one letter away, such as sad and sand. Swapping two neighbouring letters turns sign into sing. Two words sound identical: sauce and source (/sɔːs/). Read aloud, 243 pairs differ by a single sound, for example sad and seed. Twelve spellings are shared with the French BIP39 list, at different indexes: salon, science, sentence and 9 more. 34 of the words appear in the official BIP39 test vectors, among them salt and sausage.
All 250 BIP39 words starting with S
| # | Word | Binary | IPA | Prefix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1518 | sad | 10111101101 | /sæd/ | sad |
| 1519 | saddle | 10111101110 | /ˈsædᵊl/ | sadd |
| 1520 | sadness | 10111101111 | /ˈsædnəs/ | sadn |
| 1521 | safe | 10111110000 | /seɪf/ | safe |
| 1522 | sail | 10111110001 | /seɪl/ | sail |
| 1523 | salad | 10111110010 | /ˈsæləd/ | sala |
| 1524 | salmon | 10111110011 | /ˈsæmən/ | salm |
| 1525 | salon | 10111110100 | /ˈsælɒn/ | salo |
| 1526 | salt | 10111110101 | /sɔːlt/ | salt |
| 1527 | salute | 10111110110 | /səˈluːt/ | salu |
| 1528 | same | 10111110111 | /seɪm/ | same |
| 1529 | sample | 10111111000 | /ˈsɑːmpl/ | samp |
| 1530 | sand | 10111111001 | /sænd/ | sand |
| 1531 | satisfy | 10111111010 | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | sati |
| 1532 | satoshi | 10111111011 | /satoshi/ | sato |
| 1533 | sauce | 10111111100 | /sɔːs/ | sauc |
| 1534 | sausage | 10111111101 | /ˈsɒsɪʤ/ | saus |
| 1535 | save | 10111111110 | /seɪv/ | save |
| 1536 | say | 10111111111 | /seɪ/ | say |
| 1537 | scale | 11000000000 | /skeɪl/ | scal |
| 1538 | scan | 11000000001 | /skæn/ | scan |
| 1539 | scare | 11000000010 | /skeə/ | scar |
| 1540 | scatter | 11000000011 | /ˈskætə/ | scat |
| 1541 | scene | 11000000100 | /siːn/ | scen |
| 1542 | scheme | 11000000101 | /skiːm/ | sche |
| 1543 | school | 11000000110 | /skuːl/ | scho |
| 1544 | science | 11000000111 | /ˈsaɪəns/ | scie |
| 1545 | scissors | 11000001000 | /ˈsɪzəz/ | scis |
| 1546 | scorpion | 11000001001 | /ˈskɔːpiən/ | scor |
| 1547 | scout | 11000001010 | /skaʊt/ | scou |
| 1548 | scrap | 11000001011 | /skræp/ | scra |
| 1549 | screen | 11000001100 | /skriːn/ | scre |
| 1550 | script | 11000001101 | /skrɪpt/ | scri |
| 1551 | scrub | 11000001110 | /skrʌb/ | scru |
| 1552 | sea | 11000001111 | /siː/ | sea |
| 1553 | search | 11000010000 | /sɜːʧ/ | sear |
| 1554 | season | 11000010001 | /ˈsiːzn/ | seas |
| 1555 | seat | 11000010010 | /siːt/ | seat |
| 1556 | second | 11000010011 | /ˈsɛkənd/ | seco |
| 1557 | secret | 11000010100 | /ˈsiːkrɪt/ | secr |
| 1558 | section | 11000010101 | /ˈsɛkʃən/ | sect |
| 1559 | security | 11000010110 | /sɪˈkjʊərɪti/ | secu |
| 1560 | seed | 11000010111 | /siːd/ | seed |
| 1561 | seek | 11000011000 | /siːk/ | seek |
| 1562 | segment | 11000011001 | /ˈsɛgmənt/ | segm |
| 1563 | select | 11000011010 | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | sele |
| 1564 | sell | 11000011011 | /sɛl/ | sell |
| 1565 | seminar | 11000011100 | /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/ | semi |
| 1566 | senior | 11000011101 | /ˈsiːnjə/ | seni |
| 1567 | sense | 11000011110 | /sɛns/ | sens |
| 1568 | sentence | 11000011111 | /ˈsɛntəns/ | sent |
| 1569 | series | 11000100000 | /ˈsɪəriːz/ | seri |
| 1570 | service | 11000100001 | /ˈsɜːvɪs/ | serv |
| 1571 | session | 11000100010 | /ˈsɛʃən/ | sess |
| 1572 | settle | 11000100011 | /ˈsɛtl/ | sett |
| 1573 | setup | 11000100100 | /ˈsɛtʌp/ | setu |
| 1574 | seven | 11000100101 | /ˈsɛvn/ | seve |
| 1575 | shadow | 11000100110 | /ˈʃædəʊ/ | shad |
| 1576 | shaft | 11000100111 | /ʃɑːft/ | shaf |
| 1577 | shallow | 11000101000 | /ˈʃæləʊ/ | shal |
| 1578 | share | 11000101001 | /ʃeə/ | shar |
| 1579 | shed | 11000101010 | /ʃɛd/ | shed |
| 1580 | shell | 11000101011 | /ʃɛl/ | shel |
| 1581 | sheriff | 11000101100 | /ˈʃɛrɪf/ | sher |
| 1582 | shield | 11000101101 | /ʃiːld/ | shie |
| 1583 | shift | 11000101110 | /ʃɪft/ | shif |
| 1584 | shine | 11000101111 | /ʃaɪn/ | shin |
| 1585 | ship | 11000110000 | /ʃɪp/ | ship |
| 1586 | shiver | 11000110001 | /ˈʃɪvə/ | shiv |
| 1587 | shock | 11000110010 | /ʃɒk/ | shoc |
| 1588 | shoe | 11000110011 | /ʃuː/ | shoe |
| 1589 | shoot | 11000110100 | /ʃuːt/ | shoo |
| 1590 | shop | 11000110101 | /ʃɒp/ | shop |
| 1591 | short | 11000110110 | /ʃɔːt/ | shor |
| 1592 | shoulder | 11000110111 | /ˈʃəʊldə/ | shou |
| 1593 | shove | 11000111000 | /ʃʌv/ | shov |
| 1594 | shrimp | 11000111001 | /ʃrɪmp/ | shri |
| 1595 | shrug | 11000111010 | /ʃrʌg/ | shru |
| 1596 | shuffle | 11000111011 | /ˈʃʌfᵊl/ | shuf |
| 1597 | shy | 11000111100 | /ʃaɪ/ | shy |
| 1598 | sibling | 11000111101 | /ˈsɪblɪŋ/ | sibl |
| 1599 | sick | 11000111110 | /sɪk/ | sick |
| 1600 | side | 11000111111 | /saɪd/ | side |
| 1601 | siege | 11001000000 | /siːʤ/ | sieg |
| 1602 | sight | 11001000001 | /saɪt/ | sigh |
| 1603 | sign | 11001000010 | /saɪn/ | sign |
| 1604 | silent | 11001000011 | /ˈsaɪlənt/ | sile |
| 1605 | silk | 11001000100 | /sɪlk/ | silk |
| 1606 | silly | 11001000101 | /ˈsɪli/ | sill |
| 1607 | silver | 11001000110 | /ˈsɪlvə/ | silv |
| 1608 | similar | 11001000111 | /ˈsɪmɪlə/ | simi |
| 1609 | simple | 11001001000 | /ˈsɪmpl/ | simp |
| 1610 | since | 11001001001 | /sɪns/ | sinc |
| 1611 | sing | 11001001010 | /sɪŋ/ | sing |
| 1612 | siren | 11001001011 | /ˈsaɪərən/ | sire |
| 1613 | sister | 11001001100 | /ˈsɪstə/ | sist |
| 1614 | situate | 11001001101 | /ˈsɪʧueɪt/ | situ |
| 1615 | six | 11001001110 | /sɪks/ | six |
| 1616 | size | 11001001111 | /saɪz/ | size |
| 1617 | skate | 11001010000 | /skeɪt/ | skat |
| 1618 | sketch | 11001010001 | /skɛʧ/ | sket |
| 1619 | ski | 11001010010 | /skiː/ | ski |
| 1620 | skill | 11001010011 | /skɪl/ | skil |
| 1621 | skin | 11001010100 | /skɪn/ | skin |
| 1622 | skirt | 11001010101 | /skɜːt/ | skir |
| 1623 | skull | 11001010110 | /skʌl/ | skul |
| 1624 | slab | 11001010111 | /slæb/ | slab |
| 1625 | slam | 11001011000 | /slæm/ | slam |
| 1626 | sleep | 11001011001 | /sliːp/ | slee |
| 1627 | slender | 11001011010 | /ˈslɛndə/ | slen |
| 1628 | slice | 11001011011 | /slaɪs/ | slic |
| 1629 | slide | 11001011100 | /slaɪd/ | slid |
| 1630 | slight | 11001011101 | /slaɪt/ | slig |
| 1631 | slim | 11001011110 | /slɪm/ | slim |
| 1632 | slogan | 11001011111 | /ˈsləʊɡən/ | slog |
| 1633 | slot | 11001100000 | /slɒt/ | slot |
| 1634 | slow | 11001100001 | /sləʊ/ | slow |
| 1635 | slush | 11001100010 | /slʌʃ/ | slus |
| 1636 | small | 11001100011 | /smɔːl/ | smal |
| 1637 | smart | 11001100100 | /smɑːt/ | smar |
| 1638 | smile | 11001100101 | /smaɪl/ | smil |
| 1639 | smoke | 11001100110 | /sməʊk/ | smok |
| 1640 | smooth | 11001100111 | /smuːð/ | smoo |
| 1641 | snack | 11001101000 | /snæk/ | snac |
| 1642 | snake | 11001101001 | /sneɪk/ | snak |
| 1643 | snap | 11001101010 | /snæp/ | snap |
| 1644 | sniff | 11001101011 | /snɪf/ | snif |
| 1645 | snow | 11001101100 | /snəʊ/ | snow |
| 1646 | soap | 11001101101 | /səʊp/ | soap |
| 1647 | soccer | 11001101110 | /ˈsɒkə/ | socc |
| 1648 | social | 11001101111 | /ˈsəʊʃəl/ | soci |
| 1649 | sock | 11001110000 | /sɒk/ | sock |
| 1650 | soda | 11001110001 | /ˈsəʊdə/ | soda |
| 1651 | soft | 11001110010 | /sɒft/ | soft |
| 1652 | solar | 11001110011 | /ˈsəʊlə/ | sola |
| 1653 | soldier | 11001110100 | /ˈsəʊlʤə/ | sold |
| 1654 | solid | 11001110101 | /ˈsɒlɪd/ | soli |
| 1655 | solution | 11001110110 | /səˈluːʃən/ | solu |
| 1656 | solve | 11001110111 | /sɒlv/ | solv |
| 1657 | someone | 11001111000 | /ˈsʌmwʌn/ | some |
| 1658 | song | 11001111001 | /sɒŋ/ | song |
| 1659 | soon | 11001111010 | /suːn/ | soon |
| 1660 | sorry | 11001111011 | /ˈsɒri/ | sorr |
| 1661 | sort | 11001111100 | /sɔːt/ | sort |
| 1662 | soul | 11001111101 | /səʊl/ | soul |
| 1663 | sound | 11001111110 | /saʊnd/ | soun |
| 1664 | soup | 11001111111 | /suːp/ | soup |
| 1665 | source | 11010000000 | /sɔːs/ | sour |
| 1666 | south | 11010000001 | /saʊθ/ | sout |
| 1667 | space | 11010000010 | /speɪs/ | spac |
| 1668 | spare | 11010000011 | /speə/ | spar |
| 1669 | spatial | 11010000100 | /ˈspeɪʃᵊl/ | spat |
| 1670 | spawn | 11010000101 | /spɔːn/ | spaw |
| 1671 | speak | 11010000110 | /spiːk/ | spea |
| 1672 | special | 11010000111 | /ˈspɛʃəl/ | spec |
| 1673 | speed | 11010001000 | /spiːd/ | spee |
| 1674 | spell | 11010001001 | /spɛl/ | spel |
| 1675 | spend | 11010001010 | /spɛnd/ | spen |
| 1676 | sphere | 11010001011 | /sfɪə/ | sphe |
| 1677 | spice | 11010001100 | /spaɪs/ | spic |
| 1678 | spider | 11010001101 | /ˈspaɪdə/ | spid |
| 1679 | spike | 11010001110 | /spaɪk/ | spik |
| 1680 | spin | 11010001111 | /spɪn/ | spin |
| 1681 | spirit | 11010010000 | /ˈspɪrɪt/ | spir |
| 1682 | split | 11010010001 | /splɪt/ | spli |
| 1683 | spoil | 11010010010 | /spɔːɪl/ | spoi |
| 1684 | sponsor | 11010010011 | /ˈspɒnsə/ | spon |
| 1685 | spoon | 11010010100 | /spuːn/ | spoo |
| 1686 | sport | 11010010101 | /spɔːt/ | spor |
| 1687 | spot | 11010010110 | /spɒt/ | spot |
| 1688 | spray | 11010010111 | /spreɪ/ | spra |
| 1689 | spread | 11010011000 | /sprɛd/ | spre |
| 1690 | spring | 11010011001 | /sprɪŋ/ | spri |
| 1691 | spy | 11010011010 | /spaɪ/ | spy |
| 1692 | square | 11010011011 | /skweə/ | squa |
| 1693 | squeeze | 11010011100 | /skwiːz/ | sque |
| 1694 | squirrel | 11010011101 | /ˈskwɪrᵊl/ | squi |
| 1695 | stable | 11010011110 | /ˈsteɪbl/ | stab |
| 1696 | stadium | 11010011111 | /ˈsteɪdiəm/ | stad |
| 1697 | staff | 11010100000 | /stɑːf/ | staf |
| 1698 | stage | 11010100001 | /steɪʤ/ | stag |
| 1699 | stairs | 11010100010 | /steəz/ | stai |
| 1700 | stamp | 11010100011 | /stæmp/ | stam |
| 1701 | stand | 11010100100 | /stænd/ | stan |
| 1702 | start | 11010100101 | /stɑːt/ | star |
| 1703 | state | 11010100110 | /steɪt/ | stat |
| 1704 | stay | 11010100111 | /steɪ/ | stay |
| 1705 | steak | 11010101000 | /steɪk/ | stea |
| 1706 | steel | 11010101001 | /stiːl/ | stee |
| 1707 | stem | 11010101010 | /stɛm/ | stem |
| 1708 | step | 11010101011 | /stɛp/ | step |
| 1709 | stereo | 11010101100 | /ˈstɛriəʊ/ | ster |
| 1710 | stick | 11010101101 | /stɪk/ | stic |
| 1711 | still | 11010101110 | /stɪl/ | stil |
| 1712 | sting | 11010101111 | /stɪŋ/ | stin |
| 1713 | stock | 11010110000 | /stɒk/ | stoc |
| 1714 | stomach | 11010110001 | /ˈstʌmək/ | stom |
| 1715 | stone | 11010110010 | /stəʊn/ | ston |
| 1716 | stool | 11010110011 | /stuːl/ | stoo |
| 1717 | story | 11010110100 | /ˈstɔːri/ | stor |
| 1718 | stove | 11010110101 | /stəʊv/ | stov |
| 1719 | strategy | 11010110110 | /ˈstrætɪʤi/ | stra |
| 1720 | street | 11010110111 | /striːt/ | stre |
| 1721 | strike | 11010111000 | /straɪk/ | stri |
| 1722 | strong | 11010111001 | /strɒŋ/ | stro |
| 1723 | struggle | 11010111010 | /ˈstrʌgl/ | stru |
| 1724 | student | 11010111011 | /ˈstjuːdənt/ | stud |
| 1725 | stuff | 11010111100 | /stʌf/ | stuf |
| 1726 | stumble | 11010111101 | /ˈstʌmbl/ | stum |
| 1727 | style | 11010111110 | /staɪl/ | styl |
| 1728 | subject | 11010111111 | /ˈsʌbʤɪkt/ | subj |
| 1729 | submit | 11011000000 | /səbˈmɪt/ | subm |
| 1730 | subway | 11011000001 | /ˈsʌbweɪ/ | subw |
| 1731 | success | 11011000010 | /səkˈsɛs/ | succ |
| 1732 | such | 11011000011 | /sʌʧ/ | such |
| 1733 | sudden | 11011000100 | /ˈsʌdn/ | sudd |
| 1734 | suffer | 11011000101 | /ˈsʌfə/ | suff |
| 1735 | sugar | 11011000110 | /ˈʃʊgə/ | suga |
| 1736 | suggest | 11011000111 | /səˈʤɛst/ | sugg |
| 1737 | suit | 11011001000 | /sjuːt/ | suit |
| 1738 | summer | 11011001001 | /ˈsʌmə/ | summ |
| 1739 | sun | 11011001010 | /sʌn/ | sun |
| 1740 | sunny | 11011001011 | /ˈsʌni/ | sunn |
| 1741 | sunset | 11011001100 | /ˈsʌnsɛt/ | suns |
| 1742 | super | 11011001101 | /ˈs(j)uːpə/ | supe |
| 1743 | supply | 11011001110 | /səˈplaɪ/ | supp |
| 1744 | supreme | 11011001111 | /suːˈpriːm/ | supr |
| 1745 | sure | 11011010000 | /ʃʊə/ | sure |
| 1746 | surface | 11011010001 | /ˈsɜːfɪs/ | surf |
| 1747 | surge | 11011010010 | /sɜːʤ/ | surg |
| 1748 | surprise | 11011010011 | /səˈpraɪz/ | surp |
| 1749 | surround | 11011010100 | /səˈraʊnd/ | surr |
| 1750 | survey | 11011010101 | /ˈsɜːveɪ/ | surv |
| 1751 | suspect | 11011010110 | /ˈsʌspɛkt/ | susp |
| 1752 | sustain | 11011010111 | /səsˈteɪn/ | sust |
| 1753 | swallow | 11011011000 | /ˈswɒləʊ/ | swal |
| 1754 | swamp | 11011011001 | /swɒmp/ | swam |
| 1755 | swap | 11011011010 | /swɒp/ | swap |
| 1756 | swarm | 11011011011 | /swɔːm/ | swar |
| 1757 | swear | 11011011100 | /sweə/ | swea |
| 1758 | sweet | 11011011101 | /swiːt/ | swee |
| 1759 | swift | 11011011110 | /swɪft/ | swif |
| 1760 | swim | 11011011111 | /swɪm/ | swim |
| 1761 | swing | 11011100000 | /swɪŋ/ | swin |
| 1762 | switch | 11011100001 | /swɪʧ/ | swit |
| 1763 | sword | 11011100010 | /sɔːd/ | swor |
| 1764 | symbol | 11011100011 | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | symb |
| 1765 | symptom | 11011100100 | /ˈsɪmptəm/ | symp |
| 1766 | syrup | 11011100101 | /ˈsɪrəp/ | syru |
| 1767 | system | 11011100110 | /ˈsɪstɪm/ | syst |
Similar-looking words to check
These 154 pairs differ by one letter or by two swapped neighbouring letters, with at least one word starting with S. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it.
- blush slush
- can scan
- cave save
- dad sad
- day say
- eight sight
- estate state
- fame same
- feed seed
- fix six
- flight slight
- flush slush
- found sound
- fun sun
- funny sunny
- game same
- glide slide
- glow slow
- gun sun
- hand sand
- have save
- hip ship
- item stem
- kick sick
- know snow
- lab slab
- light sight
- light slight
- lock sock
- long song
- mad sad
- mail sail
- meat seat
- milk silk
- mix six
- moon soon
- much such
- name same
- need seed
- night sight
- now snow
- paddle saddle
- pave save
- polar solar
- quit suit
- rail sail
- reason season
- ride side
- right sight
- ring sing
- round sound
- run sun
- sad sand
- sad say
- safe same
- safe save
- sail tail
- salmon salon
- same save
- sample simple
- sand stand
- save wave
- say shy
- say spy
- say stay
- say way
- scale scare
- scare share
- scare spare
- sea seat
- seed seek
- seed shed
- seed speed
- sell shell
- sell spell
- sell tell
- shaft shift
- shallow swallow
- share spare
- shell spell
- shift swift
- ship shop
- ship whip
- shock sock
- shock stock
- shoe shop
- shoe shove
- shoot short
- short sort
- short sport
- shove stove
- shy spy
- sick silk
- sick sock
- sick stick
- side size
- side slide
- side tide
- side wide
- sight slight
- sing song
- sing sting
- sing swing
- sing wing
- skate state
- ski skin
- skill skull
- skill still
- skin spin
- slab slam
- slam slim
- slice slide
- slice spice
- slim swim
- slot slow
- slot spot
- slow snow
- smart start
- snap soap
- snap swap
- soap soup
- soap swap
- sock stock
- soft sort
- soon spoon
- sorry worry
- sort sport
- soul soup
- south youth
- space spare
- space spice
- speak steak
- speed spend
- spice spike
- sport spot
- stable table
- staff stuff
- stage state
- stamp swamp
- stem step
- stick stock
- sting swing
- stone stove
- stone tone
- stool tool
- stumble tumble
- sure surge
- surge urge
- swamp swap
- swarm warm
- swear wear
- swing wing
- sword word
- sign sing (swapped letters)