--- title: "BIP39 Word #144: ball — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/ball/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #144 00010001111 # ball — BIP39 word #144 "**ball**" is word #144 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [balcony](/bip39-word/balcony/) and [bamboo](/bip39-word/bamboo/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010001111`, decimal index 143\. /bɔːl/ · _noun:_ a round object that is thrown, kicked or hit in games [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мяч ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [music](/bip39-word/music/)[faint](/bip39-word/faint/)[cradle](/bip39-word/cradle/)[acid](/bip39-word/acid/)[boring](/bip39-word/boring/)[bicycle](/bip39-word/bicycle/)[become](/bip39-word/become/)[axis](/bip39-word/axis/)[badge](/bip39-word/badge/)[balance](/bip39-word/balance/)[balcony](/bip39-word/balcony/) Position Hex Index 0x08F 4-Letter Prefix ball ## About "ball" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "ball": **"bal"** also begins [balance](/bip39-word/balance/) and [balcony](/bip39-word/balcony/). - **"ball"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins ballata in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #144 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) celkem [French](/french/) arriver [Italian](/italian/) arso [Japanese](/japanese/) いんさつ [Korean](/korean/) 공짜 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) anotado [Spanish](/spanish/) área [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 明 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 明 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "ball" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [all](/bip39-word/all/)[call](/bip39-word/call/)[fall](/bip39-word/fall/)[wall](/bip39-word/wall/) Read aloud, "ball" /bɔːl/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [board /bɔːd/](/bip39-word/board/)[boil /bɔɪl/](/bip39-word/boil/) Words sharing the first three letters "bal": [balance](/bip39-word/balance/)[balcony](/bip39-word/balcony/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #140 badge ](/bip39-word/badge/)[ #141 bag ](/bip39-word/bag/)[ #142 balance ](/bip39-word/balance/)[ #143 balcony ](/bip39-word/balcony/)[ #145 bamboo ](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[ #146 banana ](/bip39-word/banana/)[ #147 banner ](/bip39-word/banner/)[ #148 bar ](/bip39-word/bar/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)