--- title: "BIP39 Word #222: brick — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/brick/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #222 00011011101 # brick — BIP39 word #222 "**brick**" is word #222 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [breeze](/bip39-word/breeze/) and [bridge](/bip39-word/bridge/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011011101`, decimal index 221\. /brɪk/ · _noun:_ a block of baked clay used for building walls [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): кирпич ## 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): [option](/bip39-word/option/)[forum](/bip39-word/forum/)[desert](/bip39-word/desert/)[arm](/bip39-word/arm/)[beauty](/bip39-word/beauty/)[cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/)[boost](/bip39-word/boost/)[boy](/bip39-word/boy/)[brass](/bip39-word/brass/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/)[breeze](/bip39-word/breeze/) Position Hex Index 0x0DD 4-Letter Prefix bric ## About "brick" in BIP39 - "brick" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"bric"**, already identify it, because **"bri"** also begins [bridge](/bip39-word/bridge/), [brief](/bip39-word/brief/), [bright](/bip39-word/bright/), [bring](/bip39-word/bring/) and [brisk](/bip39-word/brisk/). - **"bric"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins bricoler in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #222 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) dekl [French](/french/) berceau [Italian](/italian/) benzina [Japanese](/japanese/) えくせる [Korean](/korean/) 그러나 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) avante [Spanish](/spanish/) banda [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 山 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 山 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "brick" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [brisk](/bip39-word/brisk/)[trick](/bip39-word/trick/) Read aloud, "brick" /brɪk/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [bridge /brɪʤ/](/bip39-word/bridge/)[bring /brɪŋ/](/bip39-word/bring/) Words sharing the first three letters "bri": [bridge](/bip39-word/bridge/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/)[bright](/bip39-word/bright/)[bring](/bip39-word/bring/)[brisk](/bip39-word/brisk/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #218 brass ](/bip39-word/brass/)[ #219 brave ](/bip39-word/brave/)[ #220 bread ](/bip39-word/bread/)[ #221 breeze ](/bip39-word/breeze/)[ #223 bridge ](/bip39-word/bridge/)[ #224 brief ](/bip39-word/brief/)[ #225 bright ](/bip39-word/bright/)[ #226 bring ](/bip39-word/bring/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/) - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)