--- title: "BIP39 Word #203: bone — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bone/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #203 00011001010 # bone — BIP39 word #203 "**bone**" is word #203 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bomb](/bip39-word/bomb/) and [bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011001010`, decimal index 202\. /bəʊn/ · _noun:_ one of the hard parts forming the skeleton of an animal [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): кость ## 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): [off](/bip39-word/off/)[flock](/bip39-word/flock/)[deer](/bip39-word/deer/)[announce](/bip39-word/announce/)[bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/)[bubble](/bip39-word/bubble/)[brave](/bip39-word/brave/)[blue](/bip39-word/blue/)[border](/bip39-word/border/)[boil](/bip39-word/boil/)[bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/) Position Hex Index 0x0CA 4-Letter Prefix bone ## About "bone" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "bone": **"bon"** also begins [bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/). - **"bone"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins boneco in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #203 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) cudnost [French](/french/) banlieue [Italian](/italian/) barbaro [Japanese](/japanese/) うろこ [Korean](/korean/) 국왕 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) aterro [Spanish](/spanish/) ayuda [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 式 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 式 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "bone" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [one](/bip39-word/one/)[tone](/bip39-word/tone/)[zone](/bip39-word/zone/) Read aloud, "bone" /bəʊn/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [bean /biːn/](/bip39-word/bean/)[boat /bəʊt/](/bip39-word/boat/)[loan /ləʊn/](/bip39-word/loan/)[own /əʊn/](/bip39-word/own/)[phone /fəʊn/](/bip39-word/phone/) Words sharing the first three letters "bon": [bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #199 boat ](/bip39-word/boat/)[ #200 body ](/bip39-word/body/)[ #201 boil ](/bip39-word/boil/)[ #202 bomb ](/bip39-word/bomb/)[ #204 bonus ](/bip39-word/bonus/)[ #205 book ](/bip39-word/book/)[ #206 boost ](/bip39-word/boost/)[ #207 border ](/bip39-word/border/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/) - [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/) - [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)