Why do I only need the first 4 letters for each word in a mnemonic seed phrase?

BIP39 words are pulled from a specific list of 2048 words. In this list, the first 4 letters are unique to each word. (including the words that only have 3 letters)

There are no two words in this list with the same first 4 letters.

That means if you have the first 4 letters, you know the rest of the word by looking for those first 4 letters in the BIP39 list.

Please use this guide to look up the full word of your mnemonic if you are using the 4 letters system on ELLIPAL Metal Mnemonic.

Mnemonics generated by ELLIPAL uses BIP39 specification so with just the first 4 letters, you can know the rest of the word.

When using your Metal Mnemonics to recover your account on the ELLIPAL device, simply type 4 letters you arranged on the Metal Mnemonics and the rest of the word will automatically shows up.


Which word represents my 4 letters mnemonic?

1. Click here to check the BIP 39 Mnemonic List


2. Open the mnemonic list and press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to use search function, enter the first 4 letters of the word in the search box.

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