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title: "BIP39 Word #204: bonus — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bonus/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #204 00011001011 

# bonus — BIP39 word #204

"**bonus**" is word #204 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bone](/bip39-word/bone/) and [book](/bip39-word/book/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011001011`, decimal index 203\. 

/ˈbəʊnəs/  · _noun:_ an extra payment or benefit added to what is expected 

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

## Binary Representation

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

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

[offer](/bip39-word/offer/)[floor](/bip39-word/floor/)[defense](/bip39-word/defense/)[annual](/bip39-word/annual/)[badge](/bip39-word/badge/)[buddy](/bip39-word/buddy/)[bread](/bip39-word/bread/)[blur](/bip39-word/blur/)[boring](/bip39-word/boring/)[bomb](/bip39-word/bomb/)[bone](/bip39-word/bone/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0CB

4-Letter Prefix

bonu

## About "bonus" in BIP39

- "bonus" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"bonu"**, already identify it, because **"bon"** also begins [bone](/bip39-word/bone/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #263 (index 262), not #204\. A wallet set to French reads "bonus" as **00100000110** instead of **00011001011**, and decodes index 203 as "bannière".

## Word #204 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) cuketa 

[French](/french/) bannière 

[Italian](/italian/) barca 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うわき 

[Korean](/korean/) 국적 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) ateu 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ayuno 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bon":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #200 body ](/bip39-word/body/)[ #201 boil ](/bip39-word/boil/)[ #202 bomb ](/bip39-word/bomb/)[ #203 bone ](/bip39-word/bone/)[ #205 book ](/bip39-word/book/)[ #206 boost ](/bip39-word/boost/)[ #207 border ](/bip39-word/border/)[ #208 boring ](/bip39-word/boring/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)
- [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/)

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