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title: "BIP39 Word #229: broken — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/broken/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #229 00011100100 

# broken — BIP39 word #229

"**broken**" is word #229 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/) and [bronze](/bip39-word/bronze/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011100100`, decimal index 228\. 

/ˈbrəʊkən/  · _adjective:_ damaged and no longer working or in one piece 

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

## 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):

[orient](/bip39-word/orient/)[frame](/bip39-word/frame/)[develop](/bip39-word/develop/)[arrive](/bip39-word/arrive/)[behind](/bip39-word/behind/)[blush](/bip39-word/blush/)[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[budget](/bip39-word/budget/)[bright](/bip39-word/bright/)[broom](/bip39-word/broom/)[bronze](/bip39-word/bronze/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0E4

4-Letter Prefix

brok

## About "broken" in BIP39

- "broken" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"brok"**, already identify it, because **"bro"** also begins [broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/), [bronze](/bip39-word/bronze/), [broom](/bip39-word/broom/), [brother](/bip39-word/brother/) and [brown](/bip39-word/brown/).

## Word #229 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dikobraz 

[French](/french/) beurre 

[Italian](/italian/) bifido 

[Japanese](/japanese/) えまき 

[Korean](/korean/) 극히 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) axila 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bastón 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bro":

[broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/)[bronze](/bip39-word/bronze/)[broom](/bip39-word/broom/)[brother](/bip39-word/brother/)[brown](/bip39-word/brown/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #225 bright ](/bip39-word/bright/)[ #226 bring ](/bip39-word/bring/)[ #227 brisk ](/bip39-word/brisk/)[ #228 broccoli ](/bip39-word/broccoli/)[ #230 bronze ](/bip39-word/bronze/)[ #231 broom ](/bip39-word/broom/)[ #232 brother ](/bip39-word/brother/)[ #233 brown ](/bip39-word/brown/) 

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

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