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title: "BIP39 Word #268: cannon — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cannon/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #268 00100001011 

# cannon — BIP39 word #268

"**cannon**" is word #268 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [candy](/bip39-word/candy/) and [canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100001011`, decimal index 267\. 

/ˈkænən/  · _noun:_ a large heavy gun that fires metal balls or shells 

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

## 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):

[pause](/bip39-word/pause/)[gesture](/bip39-word/gesture/)[accident](/bip39-word/accident/)[cousin](/bip39-word/cousin/)[city](/bip39-word/city/)[century](/bip39-word/century/)[casino](/bip39-word/casino/)[call](/bip39-word/call/)[capable](/bip39-word/capable/)[cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/)[candy](/bip39-word/candy/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x10B

4-Letter Prefix

cann

## About "cannon" in BIP39

- "cannon" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"cann"**, already identify it, because **"can"** also begins 7 other words, among them [can](/bip39-word/can/), [canal](/bip39-word/canal/), [cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/) and [candy](/bip39-word/candy/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [can](/bip39-word/can/). Write "cannon" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

## Word #268 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dopustit 

[French](/french/) boueux 

[Italian](/italian/) brullo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おくさま 

[Korean](/korean/) 기원 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) beijo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bote 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "cannon" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "can":

[can](/bip39-word/can/)[canal](/bip39-word/canal/)[cancel](/bip39-word/cancel/)[candy](/bip39-word/candy/)[canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/)[canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/)[canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #264 can ](/bip39-word/can/)[ #265 canal ](/bip39-word/canal/)[ #266 cancel ](/bip39-word/cancel/)[ #267 candy ](/bip39-word/candy/)[ #269 canoe ](/bip39-word/canoe/)[ #270 canvas ](/bip39-word/canvas/)[ #271 canyon ](/bip39-word/canyon/)[ #272 capable ](/bip39-word/capable/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)

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