--- title: "BIP39 Word #173: better — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/better/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #173 00010101100 # better — BIP39 word #173 "**better**" is word #173 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [betray](/bip39-word/betray/) and [between](/bip39-word/between/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010101100`, decimal index 172\. /ˈbɛtə/ · _adjective:_ of a higher standard or more suitable than another [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): лучше ## 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): [night](/bip39-word/night/)[few](/bip39-word/few/)[culture](/bip39-word/culture/)[airport](/bip39-word/airport/)[budget](/bip39-word/budget/)[bag](/bip39-word/bag/)[bleak](/bip39-word/bleak/)[behind](/bip39-word/behind/)[bench](/bip39-word/bench/)[beyond](/bip39-word/beyond/)[between](/bip39-word/between/) Position Hex Index 0x0AC 4-Letter Prefix bett ## About "better" in BIP39 - "better" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"bett"**, already identify it, because **"bet"** also begins [betray](/bip39-word/betray/) and [between](/bip39-word/between/). ## Word #173 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) chov [French](/french/) aurore [Italian](/italian/) ausilio [Japanese](/japanese/) うちがわ [Korean](/korean/) 교문 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) arejar [Spanish](/spanish/) asumir [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 軍 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 军 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "better" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [bitter](/bip39-word/bitter/)[butter](/bip39-word/butter/)[letter](/bip39-word/letter/) Words sharing the first three letters "bet": [betray](/bip39-word/betray/)[between](/bip39-word/between/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #169 bench ](/bip39-word/bench/)[ #170 benefit ](/bip39-word/benefit/)[ #171 best ](/bip39-word/best/)[ #172 betray ](/bip39-word/betray/)[ #174 between ](/bip39-word/between/)[ #175 beyond ](/bip39-word/beyond/)[ #176 bicycle ](/bip39-word/bicycle/)[ #177 bid ](/bip39-word/bid/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)