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title: "BIP39 Word #160: become — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/become/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #160 00010011111 

# become — BIP39 word #160

"**become**" is word #160 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [because](/bip39-word/because/) and [beef](/bip39-word/beef/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010011111`, decimal index 159\. 

/bɪˈkʌm/  · _verb:_ to begin to be something 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

[negative](/bip39-word/negative/)[fault](/bip39-word/fault/)[crop](/bip39-word/crop/)[advance](/bip39-word/advance/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/)[blood](/bip39-word/blood/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/)[base](/bip39-word/base/)[beach](/bip39-word/beach/)[beauty](/bip39-word/beauty/)[because](/bip39-word/because/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x09F

4-Letter Prefix

beco

## About "become" in BIP39

- "become" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"beco"**, already identify it, because **"bec"** also begins [because](/bip39-word/because/).

## Word #160 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) chirurg 

[French](/french/) atelier 

[Italian](/italian/) asta 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うける 

[Korean](/korean/) 관련 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) aplicada 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ascenso 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bec":

[because](/bip39-word/because/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #156 beach ](/bip39-word/beach/)[ #157 bean ](/bip39-word/bean/)[ #158 beauty ](/bip39-word/beauty/)[ #159 because ](/bip39-word/because/)[ #161 beef ](/bip39-word/beef/)[ #162 before ](/bip39-word/before/)[ #163 begin ](/bip39-word/begin/)[ #164 behave ](/bip39-word/behave/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)

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