Bip39 English Words A BIP39 mnemonic sentence is actually a set of words (mostly 12 or 24) that we could communicate with more successfully than other people that are not words (bits and quantities and the like). BIP39's intent in introducing using mnemonic words is usually to reduce the errors https://wearethelist.com/story20485661/seed-phrase-little-known-facts-about-bip39-word-list