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title: "BIP39 Word #153: basic — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/basic/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #153 00010011000 

# basic — BIP39 word #153

"**basic**" is word #153 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [base](/bip39-word/base/) and [basket](/bip39-word/basket/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010011000`, decimal index 152\. 

/ˈbeɪsɪk/  · _adjective:_ forming the simplest or most essential part of something 

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

## 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):

[narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/)[fantasy](/bip39-word/fantasy/)[credit](/bip39-word/credit/)[adapt](/bip39-word/adapt/)[brand](/bip39-word/brand/)[blade](/bip39-word/blade/)[baby](/bip39-word/baby/)[bamboo](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[bean](/bip39-word/bean/)[battle](/bip39-word/battle/)[basket](/bip39-word/basket/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x098

4-Letter Prefix

basi

## About "basic" in BIP39

- "basic" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"basi"**, already identify it, because **"bas"** also begins [base](/bip39-word/base/) and [basket](/bip39-word/basket/).
- **"basi"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins basilico in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #153 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) chalupa 

[French](/french/) asservir 

[Italian](/italian/) asola 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うきわ 

[Korean](/korean/) 과정 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) apego 

[Spanish](/spanish/) arroz 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bas":

[base](/bip39-word/base/)[basket](/bip39-word/basket/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #149 barely ](/bip39-word/barely/)[ #150 bargain ](/bip39-word/bargain/)[ #151 barrel ](/bip39-word/barrel/)[ #152 base ](/bip39-word/base/)[ #154 basket ](/bip39-word/basket/)[ #155 battle ](/bip39-word/battle/)[ #156 beach ](/bip39-word/beach/)[ #157 bean ](/bip39-word/bean/) 

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

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