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title: "BIP39 Word #265: canal — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/canal/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #265 00100001000 

# canal — BIP39 word #265

"**canal**" is word #265 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [can](/bip39-word/can/) and [cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100001000`, decimal index 264\. 

/kəˈnæl/  · _noun:_ an artificial waterway built for boats or for watering land 

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

## 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):

[patient](/bip39-word/patient/)[genre](/bip39-word/genre/)[absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/)[country](/bip39-word/country/)[cinnamon](/bip39-word/cinnamon/)[celery](/bip39-word/celery/)[cart](/bip39-word/cart/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/)[candy](/bip39-word/candy/)[cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x108

4-Letter Prefix

cana

## About "canal" in BIP39

- "canal" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"cana"**, already identify it, because **"can"** also begins 7 other words, among them [can](/bip39-word/can/), [cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/), [candy](/bip39-word/candy/) and [cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [can](/bip39-word/can/). Write "canal" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #324 (index 323), not #265\. A wallet set to French reads "canal" as **00101000011** instead of **00100001000**, and decodes index 264 as "borne".
- **"cana"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins canapa in the [Italian list](/italian/) and canavial in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #265 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) doplnit 

[French](/french/) borne 

[Italian](/italian/) broccolo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おかわり 

[Korean](/korean/) 기업 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) batucar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) borde 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "can":

[can](/bip39-word/can/)[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"

[ #261 calm ](/bip39-word/calm/)[ #262 camera ](/bip39-word/camera/)[ #263 camp ](/bip39-word/camp/)[ #264 can ](/bip39-word/can/)[ #266 cancel ](/bip39-word/cancel/)[ #267 candy ](/bip39-word/candy/)[ #268 cannon ](/bip39-word/cannon/)[ #269 canoe ](/bip39-word/canoe/) 

[View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/)
- [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/)
- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)

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