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title: "BIP39 Word #161: beef — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/beef/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #161 00010100000 

# beef — BIP39 word #161

"**beef**" is word #161 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [become](/bip39-word/become/) and [before](/bip39-word/before/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010100000`, decimal index 160\. 

/biːf/  · _noun:_ meat from a cow, bull or ox 

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

## Binary Representation

Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits.

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

[neglect](/bip39-word/neglect/)[favorite](/bip39-word/favorite/)[cross](/bip39-word/cross/)[advice](/bip39-word/advice/)[bright](/bip39-word/bright/)[avoid](/bip39-word/avoid/)[bid](/bip39-word/bid/)[bench](/bip39-word/bench/)[behind](/bip39-word/behind/)[begin](/bip39-word/begin/)[before](/bip39-word/before/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0A0

4-Letter Prefix

beef

## About "beef" in BIP39

- "beef" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"bee"**, already identify it, because **"be"** also begins 19 other words, among them [beach](/bip39-word/beach/), [bean](/bip39-word/bean/), [beauty](/bip39-word/beauty/) and [because](/bip39-word/because/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #161 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) chlad 

[French](/french/) atome 

[Italian](/italian/) astenuto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うごかす 

[Korean](/korean/) 관리 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) apoio 

[Spanish](/spanish/) asegurar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "beef" /biːf/ is one sound away from these 5 words: 

[beach /biːʧ/](/bip39-word/beach/)[bean /biːn/](/bip39-word/bean/)[brief /briːf/](/bip39-word/brief/)[chief /ʧiːf/](/bip39-word/chief/)[leaf /liːf/](/bip39-word/leaf/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #157 bean ](/bip39-word/bean/)[ #158 beauty ](/bip39-word/beauty/)[ #159 because ](/bip39-word/because/)[ #160 become ](/bip39-word/become/)[ #162 before ](/bip39-word/before/)[ #163 begin ](/bip39-word/begin/)[ #164 behave ](/bip39-word/behave/)[ #165 behind ](/bip39-word/behind/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)