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title: "BIP39 Word #149: barely — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/barely/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #149 00010010100 

# barely — BIP39 word #149

"**barely**" is word #149 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bar](/bip39-word/bar/) and [bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010010100`, decimal index 148\. 

/ˈbeəli/  · _adverb:_ only just, or almost not at all 

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

## 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):

[myth](/bip39-word/myth/)[family](/bip39-word/family/)[crater](/bip39-word/crater/)[action](/bip39-word/action/)[box](/bip39-word/box/)[bird](/bip39-word/bird/)[awesome](/bip39-word/awesome/)[bean](/bip39-word/bean/)[bamboo](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/)[bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x094

4-Letter Prefix

bare

## About "barely" in BIP39

- "barely" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"bare"**, already identify it, because **"bar"** also begins [bar](/bip39-word/bar/), [bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/) and [barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [bar](/bip39-word/bar/). Write "barely" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- **"bare"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins baret in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #149 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) centrum 

[French](/french/) aspect 

[Italian](/italian/) asepsi 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うおざ 

[Korean](/korean/) 공휴일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) anzol 

[Spanish](/spanish/) aroma 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bar":

[bar](/bip39-word/bar/)[bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/)[barrel](/bip39-word/barrel/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #145 bamboo ](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[ #146 banana ](/bip39-word/banana/)[ #147 banner ](/bip39-word/banner/)[ #148 bar ](/bip39-word/bar/)[ #150 bargain ](/bip39-word/bargain/)[ #151 barrel ](/bip39-word/barrel/)[ #152 base ](/bip39-word/base/)[ #153 basic ](/bip39-word/basic/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)
- [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/)

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