Word #271 00100001110

canyon — BIP39 word #271

"canyon" is word #271 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between canvas and capable. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00100001110, decimal index 270.

/ˈkænjən/ · noun: a deep narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river

Russian: каньон

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):

Position

#271 of 2048

Hex Index

0x10E

4-Letter Prefix

cany

About "canyon" in BIP39

  • "canyon" has 6 letters, but the first four, "cany", already identify it, because "can" also begins 7 other words, among them can, canal, cancel and candy.
  • Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, can. Write "canyon" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

Word #271 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech dort
French bouquin
Italian buca
Japanese おくる
Korean 기침
Portuguese beldade
Spanish bozal

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

Words sharing the first three letters "can":

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