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title: "BIP39 Word #223: bridge — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bridge/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #223 00011011110 

# bridge — BIP39 word #223

"**bridge**" is word #223 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [brick](/bip39-word/brick/) and [brief](/bip39-word/brief/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011011110`, decimal index 222\. 

/brɪʤ/  · _noun:_ a structure that carries a road or path across an obstacle 

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

## 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):

[orange](/bip39-word/orange/)[forward](/bip39-word/forward/)[design](/bip39-word/design/)[armed](/bip39-word/armed/)[because](/bip39-word/because/)[cabin](/bip39-word/cabin/)[border](/bip39-word/border/)[bracket](/bip39-word/bracket/)[brave](/bip39-word/brave/)[breeze](/bip39-word/breeze/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0DE

4-Letter Prefix

brid

## About "bridge" in BIP39

- "bridge" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"brid"**, already identify it, because **"bri"** also begins [brick](/bip39-word/brick/), [brief](/bip39-word/brief/), [bright](/bip39-word/bright/), [bring](/bip39-word/bring/) and [brisk](/bip39-word/brisk/).

## Word #223 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dekret 

[French](/french/) berger 

[Italian](/italian/) bere 

[Japanese](/japanese/) えしゃく 

[Korean](/korean/) 그룹 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) avaria 

[Spanish](/spanish/) baño 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "bridge" /brɪʤ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[brick /brɪk/](/bip39-word/brick/)[bring /brɪŋ/](/bip39-word/bring/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "bri":

[brick](/bip39-word/brick/)[brief](/bip39-word/brief/)[bright](/bip39-word/bright/)[bring](/bip39-word/bring/)[brisk](/bip39-word/brisk/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #219 brave ](/bip39-word/brave/)[ #220 bread ](/bip39-word/bread/)[ #221 breeze ](/bip39-word/breeze/)[ #222 brick ](/bip39-word/brick/)[ #224 brief ](/bip39-word/brief/)[ #225 bright ](/bip39-word/bright/)[ #226 bring ](/bip39-word/bring/)[ #227 brisk ](/bip39-word/brisk/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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