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title: "BIP39 Word #98: around — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/around/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #98 00001100001 

# around — BIP39 word #98

"**around**" is word #98 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [army](/bip39-word/army/) and [arrange](/bip39-word/arrange/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00001100001`, decimal index 97\. 

/əˈraʊnd/  · _preposition:_ on every side of something, or moving in a circle 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

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

[method](/bip39-word/method/)[equip](/bip39-word/equip/)[club](/bip39-word/club/)[bring](/bip39-word/bring/)[aerobic](/bip39-word/aerobic/)[amused](/bip39-word/amused/)[athlete](/bip39-word/athlete/)[artwork](/bip39-word/artwork/)[arrow](/bip39-word/arrow/)[arrest](/bip39-word/arrest/)[army](/bip39-word/army/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x061

4-Letter Prefix

arou

## About "around" in BIP39

- "around" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"aro"**, already identify it, because **"ar"** also begins 17 other words, among them [arch](/bip39-word/arch/), [arctic](/bip39-word/arctic/), [area](/bip39-word/area/) and [arena](/bip39-word/arena/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #98 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) boule 

[French](/french/) amovible 

[Italian](/italian/) ancella 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いっしゅん 

[Korean](/korean/) 경찰 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) algum 

[Spanish](/spanish/) amor 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "around" /əˈraʊnd/ is one sound away from this word: 

[surround /səˈraʊnd/](/bip39-word/surround/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #94 arm ](/bip39-word/arm/)[ #95 armed ](/bip39-word/armed/)[ #96 armor ](/bip39-word/armor/)[ #97 army ](/bip39-word/army/)[ #99 arrange ](/bip39-word/arrange/)[ #100 arrest ](/bip39-word/arrest/)[ #101 arrive ](/bip39-word/arrive/)[ #102 arrow ](/bip39-word/arrow/) 

[View all words starting with "A" ](/bip39-words/a/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
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