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title: "BIP39 Word #253: buzz — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/buzz/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #253 00011111100 

# buzz — BIP39 word #253

"**buzz**" is word #253 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [buyer](/bip39-word/buyer/) and [cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011111100`, decimal index 252\. 

/bʌz/  · _verb:_ to make a continuous low humming sound like a bee 

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

## 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):

[panel](/bip39-word/panel/)[garbage](/bip39-word/garbage/)[display](/bip39-word/display/)[auto](/bip39-word/auto/)[bleak](/bip39-word/bleak/)[breeze](/bip39-word/breeze/)[budget](/bip39-word/budget/)[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[business](/bip39-word/business/)[cabin](/bip39-word/cabin/)[cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0FC

4-Letter Prefix

buzz

## About "buzz" in BIP39

- "buzz" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"buz"**, 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 #253 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) doktor 

[French](/french/) blouson 

[Italian](/italian/) bozzolo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おうふく 

[Korean](/korean/) 기능 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) banquete 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bocina 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "buzz" /bʌz/ is one sound away from this word: 

[bus /bʌs/](/bip39-word/bus/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #137 baby ](/bip39-word/baby/)[ #138 bachelor ](/bip39-word/bachelor/)[ #139 bacon ](/bip39-word/bacon/)[ #140 badge ](/bip39-word/badge/)[ #249 business ](/bip39-word/business/)[ #250 busy ](/bip39-word/busy/)[ #251 butter ](/bip39-word/butter/)[ #252 buyer ](/bip39-word/buyer/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)
- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)