--- title: "BIP39 Word #213: box — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/box/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #213 00011010100 # box — BIP39 word #213 "**box**" is word #213 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bounce](/bip39-word/bounce/) and [boy](/bip39-word/boy/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011010100`, decimal index 212\. /bɒks/ · _noun:_ a container with flat sides, usually with a lid [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): коробка ## 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): [once](/bip39-word/once/)[fold](/bip39-word/fold/)[dentist](/bip39-word/dentist/)[appear](/bip39-word/appear/)[barely](/bip39-word/barely/)[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[blush](/bip39-word/blush/)[breeze](/bip39-word/breeze/)[borrow](/bip39-word/borrow/)[bracket](/bip39-word/bracket/)[boy](/bip39-word/boy/) Position Hex Index 0x0D4 4-Letter Prefix box ## About "box" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "box": **"bo"** also begins 16 other words, among them [board](/bip39-word/board/), [boat](/bip39-word/boat/), [body](/bip39-word/body/) and [boil](/bip39-word/boil/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #213 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) dareba [French](/french/) bataille [Italian](/italian/) bava [Japanese](/japanese/) えいご [Korean](/korean/) 권투 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) atum [Spanish](/spanish/) bache [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 頭 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 头 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "box" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [boy](/bip39-word/boy/)[fox](/bip39-word/fox/) Read aloud, "box" /bɒks/ is one sound away from this word: [boss /bɒs/](/bip39-word/boss/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #209 borrow ](/bip39-word/borrow/)[ #210 boss ](/bip39-word/boss/)[ #211 bottom ](/bip39-word/bottom/)[ #212 bounce ](/bip39-word/bounce/)[ #214 boy ](/bip39-word/boy/)[ #215 bracket ](/bip39-word/bracket/)[ #216 brain ](/bip39-word/brain/)[ #217 brand ](/bip39-word/brand/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP85: Derive Many Seed Phrases From One Seed](/bip85/) - [How to View & Recover Bitcoin Wallet.dat Content](/how-to-view-and-recover-bitcoin-wallet-dat-content/) - [Bitcoin Private Key Format: WIF, Base58 and Hex Explained](/private-key-btc/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)