---
title: "BIP39 Word #252: buyer — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/buyer/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
---

Word #252 00011111011 

# buyer — BIP39 word #252

"**buyer**" is word #252 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [butter](/bip39-word/butter/) and [buzz](/bip39-word/buzz/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011111011`, decimal index 251\. 

/ˈbaɪə/  · _noun:_ a person who buys something 

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

## Binary Representation

Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[panda](/bip39-word/panda/)[garage](/bip39-word/garage/)[disorder](/bip39-word/disorder/)[author](/bip39-word/author/)[blast](/bip39-word/blast/)[bread](/bip39-word/bread/)[buddy](/bip39-word/buddy/)[bunker](/bip39-word/bunker/)[cable](/bip39-word/cable/)[busy](/bip39-word/busy/)[butter](/bip39-word/butter/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0FB

4-Letter Prefix

buye

## About "buyer" in BIP39

- "buyer" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"buy"**, 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 [buffalo](/bip39-word/buffalo/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #252 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dokola 

[French](/french/) bloquer 

[Italian](/italian/) bottino 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おうたい 

[Korean](/korean/) 기념 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) banir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) boca 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "buyer" /ˈbaɪə/ is one sound away from these 5 words: 

[bike /baɪk/](/bip39-word/bike/)[fire /ˈfaɪə/](/bip39-word/fire/)[hire /ˈhaɪə/](/bip39-word/hire/)[liar /ˈlaɪə/](/bip39-word/liar/)[wire /ˈwaɪə/](/bip39-word/wire/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #137 baby ](/bip39-word/baby/)[ #138 bachelor ](/bip39-word/bachelor/)[ #139 bacon ](/bip39-word/bacon/)[ #248 bus ](/bip39-word/bus/)[ #249 business ](/bip39-word/business/)[ #250 busy ](/bip39-word/busy/)[ #251 butter ](/bip39-word/butter/)[ #253 buzz ](/bip39-word/buzz/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)