--- title: "BIP39 Word #259: cake — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cake/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #259 00100000010 # cake — BIP39 word #259 "**cake**" is word #259 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cage](/bip39-word/cage/) and [call](/bip39-word/call/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100000010`, decimal index 258\. /keɪk/ · _noun:_ a sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs and butter [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): торт ## Binary Representation Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [park](/bip39-word/park/)[gate](/bip39-word/gate/)[able](/bip39-word/able/)[core](/bip39-word/core/)[choose](/bip39-word/choose/)[cattle](/bip39-word/cattle/)[car](/bip39-word/car/)[candy](/bip39-word/candy/)[camp](/bip39-word/camp/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[call](/bip39-word/call/) Position Hex Index 0x102 4-Letter Prefix cake ## About "cake" in BIP39 - "cake" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"cak"**, already identify it, because **"ca"** also begins 41 other words, among them [cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/), [cabin](/bip39-word/cabin/), [cable](/bip39-word/cable/) and [cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #259 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) dominant [French](/french/) bonbon [Italian](/italian/) bretella [Japanese](/japanese/) おおどおり [Korean](/korean/) 기본 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) baseado [Spanish](/spanish/) bolsa [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 處 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 处 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "cake" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cage](/bip39-word/cage/)[case](/bip39-word/case/)[cave](/bip39-word/cave/)[lake](/bip39-word/lake/)[make](/bip39-word/make/) Read aloud, "cake" /keɪk/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [cook /kʊk/](/bip39-word/cook/)[kick /kɪk/](/bip39-word/kick/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #255 cabin ](/bip39-word/cabin/)[ #256 cable ](/bip39-word/cable/)[ #257 cactus ](/bip39-word/cactus/)[ #258 cage ](/bip39-word/cage/)[ #260 call ](/bip39-word/call/)[ #261 calm ](/bip39-word/calm/)[ #262 camera ](/bip39-word/camera/)[ #263 camp ](/bip39-word/camp/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/) - [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/) - [Monero Seed Phrase: 25 Words, Polyseed and Private Keys](/seed-phrase-and-private-key-format-of-monero-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)