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title: "BIP39 Word #236: buddy — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/buddy/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #236 00011101011 

# buddy — BIP39 word #236

"**buddy**" is word #236 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bubble](/bip39-word/bubble/) and [budget](/bip39-word/budget/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011101011`, decimal index 235\. 

/ˈbʌdi/  · _noun:_ an informal word for a close friend 

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

## 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):

[output](/bip39-word/output/)[frost](/bip39-word/frost/)[dice](/bip39-word/dice/)[aspect](/bip39-word/aspect/)[betray](/bip39-word/betray/)[bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/)[buyer](/bip39-word/buyer/)[broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/)[bulb](/bip39-word/bulb/)[brush](/bip39-word/brush/)[bubble](/bip39-word/bubble/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0EB

4-Letter Prefix

budd

## About "buddy" in BIP39

- "buddy" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"budd"**, already identify it, because **"bud"** also begins [budget](/bip39-word/budget/).

## Word #236 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) divoch 

[French](/french/) billard 

[Italian](/italian/) bipolare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) えんかい 

[Korean](/korean/) 근원 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) bacalhau 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bazar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "buddy" /ˈbʌdi/ is one sound away from this word: 

[body /ˈbɒdi/](/bip39-word/body/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "bud":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #232 brother ](/bip39-word/brother/)[ #233 brown ](/bip39-word/brown/)[ #234 brush ](/bip39-word/brush/)[ #235 bubble ](/bip39-word/bubble/)[ #237 budget ](/bip39-word/budget/)[ #238 buffalo ](/bip39-word/buffalo/)[ #239 build ](/bip39-word/build/)[ #240 bulb ](/bip39-word/bulb/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)