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title: "BIP39 Word #272: capable — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/capable/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #272 00100001111 

# capable — BIP39 word #272

"**capable**" is word #272 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/) and [capital](/bip39-word/capital/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100001111`, decimal index 271\. 

/ˈkeɪpəbl/  · _adjective:_ having the ability or skill needed to do something 

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

## Binary Representation

Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.

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

[peanut](/bip39-word/peanut/)[giggle](/bip39-word/giggle/)[acid](/bip39-word/acid/)[cradle](/bip39-word/cradle/)[clarify](/bip39-word/clarify/)[chalk](/bip39-word/chalk/)[catalog](/bip39-word/catalog/)[can](/bip39-word/can/)[cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/)[canvas](/bip39-word/canvas/)[canyon](/bip39-word/canyon/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x10F

4-Letter Prefix

capa

## About "capable" in BIP39

- "capable" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"capa"**, already identify it, because **"cap"** also begins [capital](/bip39-word/capital/) and [captain](/bip39-word/captain/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #329 (index 328), not #272\. A wallet set to French reads "capable" as **00101001000** instead of **00100001111**, and decodes index 271 as "bourse".
- **"capa"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins capaz in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), capace in the [Italian list](/italian/), capacho in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/) and capart in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #272 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dosah 

[French](/french/) bourse 

[Italian](/italian/) budino 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おくれる 

[Korean](/korean/) 기혼 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) beleza 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bravo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "cap":

[capital](/bip39-word/capital/)[captain](/bip39-word/captain/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #268 cannon ](/bip39-word/cannon/)[ #269 canoe ](/bip39-word/canoe/)[ #270 canvas ](/bip39-word/canvas/)[ #271 canyon ](/bip39-word/canyon/)[ #273 capital ](/bip39-word/capital/)[ #274 captain ](/bip39-word/captain/)[ #275 car ](/bip39-word/car/)[ #276 carbon ](/bip39-word/carbon/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/)
- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)

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