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title: "BIP39 Word #238: buffalo — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/buffalo/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #238 00011101101 

# buffalo — BIP39 word #238

"**buffalo**" is word #238 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [budget](/bip39-word/budget/) and [build](/bip39-word/build/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011101101`, decimal index 237\. 

/ˈbʌfələʊ/  · _noun:_ a large wild or domesticated ox with heavy curved horns 

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

## 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):

[oval](/bip39-word/oval/)[frozen](/bip39-word/frozen/)[diet](/bip39-word/diet/)[asset](/bip39-word/asset/)[between](/bip39-word/between/)[boost](/bip39-word/boost/)[cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/)[bronze](/bip39-word/bronze/)[brush](/bip39-word/brush/)[bulb](/bip39-word/bulb/)[budget](/bip39-word/budget/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0ED

4-Letter Prefix

buff

## About "buffalo" in BIP39

- "buffalo" has 7 letters, but the first three, **"buf"**, already identify it, because **"bu"** also begins 18 other words, among them [bubble](/bip39-word/bubble/), [buddy](/bip39-word/buddy/), [budget](/bip39-word/budget/) and [build](/bip39-word/build/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"buff"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins buffle in the [French list](/french/) and buffone in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #238 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dlouho 

[French](/french/) biologie 

[Italian](/italian/) birra 

[Japanese](/japanese/) えんげき 

[Korean](/korean/) 근처 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) bacia 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bebida 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #234 brush ](/bip39-word/brush/)[ #235 bubble ](/bip39-word/bubble/)[ #236 buddy ](/bip39-word/buddy/)[ #237 budget ](/bip39-word/budget/)[ #239 build ](/bip39-word/build/)[ #240 bulb ](/bip39-word/bulb/)[ #241 bulk ](/bip39-word/bulk/)[ #242 bullet ](/bip39-word/bullet/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)

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