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title: "BIP39 Word #269: canoe — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/canoe/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #269 00100001100 

# canoe — BIP39 word #269

"**canoe**" is word #269 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/) and [canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100001100`, decimal index 268\. 

/kəˈnuː/  · _noun:_ a narrow light boat moved by paddles 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[pave](/bip39-word/pave/)[ghost](/bip39-word/ghost/)[account](/bip39-word/account/)[cover](/bip39-word/cover/)[civil](/bip39-word/civil/)[cereal](/bip39-word/cereal/)[castle](/bip39-word/castle/)[calm](/bip39-word/calm/)[canal](/bip39-word/canal/)[canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/)[canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x10C

4-Letter Prefix

cano

## About "canoe" in BIP39

- "canoe" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"cano"**, 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 "canoe" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- **"cano"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins canon in the [French list](/french/), canotto in the [Italian list](/italian/) and canoa in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #269 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dorazit 

[French](/french/) bougie 

[Italian](/italian/) bruno 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おくじょう 

[Korean](/korean/) 기적 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) beirada 

[Spanish](/spanish/) botín 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "can":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #265 canal ](/bip39-word/canal/)[ #266 cancel ](/bip39-word/cancel/)[ #267 candy ](/bip39-word/candy/)[ #268 cannon ](/bip39-word/cannon/)[ #270 canvas ](/bip39-word/canvas/)[ #271 canyon ](/bip39-word/canyon/)[ #272 capable ](/bip39-word/capable/)[ #273 capital ](/bip39-word/capital/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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