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title: "BIP39 Word #208: boring — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/boring/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #208 00011001111 

# boring — BIP39 word #208

"**boring**" is word #208 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [border](/bip39-word/border/) and [borrow](/bip39-word/borrow/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011001111`, decimal index 207\. 

/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/  · _adjective:_ not interesting, dull and tiresome 

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

## 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):

[okay](/bip39-word/okay/)[fly](/bip39-word/fly/)[delay](/bip39-word/delay/)[antique](/bip39-word/antique/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/)[bulb](/bip39-word/bulb/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/)[body](/bip39-word/body/)[bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/)[boost](/bip39-word/boost/)[border](/bip39-word/border/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0CF

4-Letter Prefix

bori

## About "boring" in BIP39

- "boring" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"bori"**, already identify it, because **"bor"** also begins [border](/bip39-word/border/) and [borrow](/bip39-word/borrow/).

## Word #208 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) cval 

[French](/french/) baron 

[Italian](/italian/) basilico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うんてん 

[Korean](/korean/) 군사 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) atoleiro 

[Spanish](/spanish/) azúcar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "boring" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

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

Words sharing the first three letters "bor":

[border](/bip39-word/border/)[borrow](/bip39-word/borrow/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #204 bonus ](/bip39-word/bonus/)[ #205 book ](/bip39-word/book/)[ #206 boost ](/bip39-word/boost/)[ #207 border ](/bip39-word/border/)[ #209 borrow ](/bip39-word/borrow/)[ #210 boss ](/bip39-word/boss/)[ #211 bottom ](/bip39-word/bottom/)[ #212 bounce ](/bip39-word/bounce/) 

[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/)

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