--- title: "BIP39 Word #148: bar — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bar/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #148 00010010011 # bar — BIP39 word #148 "**bar**" is word #148 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [banner](/bip39-word/banner/) and [barely](/bip39-word/barely/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010010011`, decimal index 147\. /bɑː/ · _noun:_ a place serving alcoholic drinks, or a long rigid piece of metal [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): бар ## 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): [mystery](/bip39-word/mystery/)[fame](/bip39-word/fame/)[crash](/bip39-word/crash/)[act](/bip39-word/act/)[bounce](/bip39-word/bounce/)[biology](/bip39-word/biology/)[away](/bip39-word/away/)[beach](/bip39-word/beach/)[base](/bip39-word/base/)[banana](/bip39-word/banana/)[banner](/bip39-word/banner/) Position Hex Index 0x093 4-Letter Prefix bar ## About "bar" in BIP39 - All three letters of "bar" also begin longer words: [barely](/bip39-word/barely/), [bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/) and [barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/). So "bar" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"bar"** but barely as **"bare"**. ## Word #148 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) cenovka [French](/french/) article [Italian](/italian/) ascolto [Japanese](/japanese/) うえる [Korean](/korean/) 공항 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) anunciar [Spanish](/spanish/) arnés [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 麼 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 么 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "bar" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [bag](/bip39-word/bag/)[car](/bip39-word/car/)[jar](/bip39-word/jar/) Read aloud, "bar" /bɑː/ is one sound away from this word: [boy /bɔɪ/](/bip39-word/boy/) Words sharing the first three letters "bar": [barely](/bip39-word/barely/)[bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/)[barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #144 ball ](/bip39-word/ball/)[ #145 bamboo ](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[ #146 banana ](/bip39-word/banana/)[ #147 banner ](/bip39-word/banner/)[ #149 barely ](/bip39-word/barely/)[ #150 bargain ](/bip39-word/bargain/)[ #151 barrel ](/bip39-word/barrel/)[ #152 base ](/bip39-word/base/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/) - [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)