--- title: "BIP39 Word #264: can — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/can/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #264 00100000111 # can — BIP39 word #264 "**can**" is word #264 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [camp](/bip39-word/camp/) and [canal](/bip39-word/canal/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100000111`, decimal index 263\. /kæn/ · _verb:_ to be able to or be allowed to do something [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): мочь; банка ## Binary Representation Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [path](/bip39-word/path/)[genius](/bip39-word/genius/)[abstract](/bip39-word/abstract/)[couch](/bip39-word/couch/)[cigar](/bip39-word/cigar/)[ceiling](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[carry](/bip39-word/carry/)[capable](/bip39-word/capable/)[call](/bip39-word/call/)[camera](/bip39-word/camera/)[camp](/bip39-word/camp/) Position Hex Index 0x107 4-Letter Prefix can ## About "can" in BIP39 - All three letters of "can" also begin longer words: [canal](/bip39-word/canal/), [cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/), [candy](/bip39-word/candy/), [cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/), [canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/), [canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/) and [canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/). So "can" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"can"** but canal as **"cana"**. ## Word #264 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) dopis [French](/french/) bordure [Italian](/italian/) brindare [Japanese](/japanese/) おがむ [Korean](/korean/) 기억 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) batom [Spanish](/spanish/) bonsái [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 光 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 光 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 6 BIP39 words differ from "can" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [car](/bip39-word/car/)[cat](/bip39-word/cat/)[fan](/bip39-word/fan/)[man](/bip39-word/man/)[scan](/bip39-word/scan/)[van](/bip39-word/van/) Read aloud, "can" /kæn/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [cash /kæʃ/](/bip39-word/cash/)[catch /kæʧ/](/bip39-word/catch/)[coin /kɔɪn/](/bip39-word/coin/)[corn /kɔːn/](/bip39-word/corn/)[keen /kiːn/](/bip39-word/keen/) Words sharing the first three letters "can": [canal](/bip39-word/canal/)[cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/)[candy](/bip39-word/candy/)[cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/)[canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/)[canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/)[canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #260 call ](/bip39-word/call/)[ #261 calm ](/bip39-word/calm/)[ #262 camera ](/bip39-word/camera/)[ #263 camp ](/bip39-word/camp/)[ #265 canal ](/bip39-word/canal/)[ #266 cancel ](/bip39-word/cancel/)[ #267 candy ](/bip39-word/candy/)[ #268 cannon ](/bip39-word/cannon/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/) - [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/) - [How to Generate a BIP39 Seed Phrase with Dice, Step by Step](/seed-phrase-with-dice/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)