--- title: "BIP39 Word #214: boy — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/boy/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #214 00011010101 # boy — BIP39 word #214 "**boy**" is word #214 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [box](/bip39-word/box/) and [bracket](/bip39-word/bracket/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011010101`, decimal index 213\. /bɔɪ/ · _noun:_ a male child or young man [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мальчик ## 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): [one](/bip39-word/one/)[follow](/bip39-word/follow/)[deny](/bip39-word/deny/)[apple](/bip39-word/apple/)[bargain](/bip39-word/bargain/)[burger](/bip39-word/burger/)[board](/bip39-word/board/)[brick](/bip39-word/brick/)[boss](/bip39-word/boss/)[brain](/bip39-word/brain/)[box](/bip39-word/box/) Position Hex Index 0x0D5 4-Letter Prefix boy ## About "boy" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "boy": **"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 #214 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) datel [French](/french/) bateau [Italian](/italian/) bavosa [Japanese](/japanese/) えいせい [Korean](/korean/) 귀국 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) auditor [Spanish](/spanish/) bahía [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 基 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 基 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "boy" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [body](/bip39-word/body/)[box](/bip39-word/box/)[joy](/bip39-word/joy/)[toy](/bip39-word/toy/) Read aloud, "boy" /bɔɪ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [bar /bɑː/](/bip39-word/bar/)[boil /bɔɪl/](/bip39-word/boil/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #210 boss ](/bip39-word/boss/)[ #211 bottom ](/bip39-word/bottom/)[ #212 bounce ](/bip39-word/bounce/)[ #213 box ](/bip39-word/box/)[ #215 bracket ](/bip39-word/bracket/)[ #216 brain ](/bip39-word/brain/)[ #217 brand ](/bip39-word/brand/)[ #218 brass ](/bip39-word/brass/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Encrypt a Seed Phrase: AES, XOR and Steganography](/seed-phrase-encrypting-with-aes-xor-and-steganography/) - [Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP): Process and Deployed BIP List](/bitcoin-improvement-proposal/) - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)