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title: "BIP39 Word #143: balcony — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/balcony/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #143 00010001110 

# balcony — BIP39 word #143

"**balcony**" is word #143 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [balance](/bip39-word/balance/) and [ball](/bip39-word/ball/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010001110`, decimal index 142\. 

/ˈbælkəni/  · _noun:_ a platform with a railing on the outside of a building 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[mushroom](/bip39-word/mushroom/)[fade](/bip39-word/fade/)[crack](/bip39-word/crack/)[achieve](/bip39-word/achieve/)[border](/bip39-word/border/)[beyond](/bip39-word/beyond/)[because](/bip39-word/because/)[awkward](/bip39-word/awkward/)[bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/)[bag](/bip39-word/bag/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x08E

4-Letter Prefix

balc

## About "balcony" in BIP39

- "balcony" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"balc"**, already identify it, because **"bal"** also begins [balance](/bip39-word/balance/) and [ball](/bip39-word/ball/).
- **"balc"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins balcon in the [French list](/french/), balcón in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and balcone in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #143 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) celer 

[French](/french/) arracher 

[Italian](/italian/) arsenico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いんげんまめ 

[Korean](/korean/) 공장 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) anomalia 

[Spanish](/spanish/) arduo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bal":

[balance](/bip39-word/balance/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #139 bacon ](/bip39-word/bacon/)[ #140 badge ](/bip39-word/badge/)[ #141 bag ](/bip39-word/bag/)[ #142 balance ](/bip39-word/balance/)[ #144 ball ](/bip39-word/ball/)[ #145 bamboo ](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[ #146 banana ](/bip39-word/banana/)[ #147 banner ](/bip39-word/banner/) 

[View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)
- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)
- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)

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