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title: "BIP39 Word #273: capital — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/capital/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #273 00100010000 

# capital — BIP39 word #273

"**capital**" is word #273 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [capable](/bip39-word/capable/) and [captain](/bip39-word/captain/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100010000`, decimal index 272\. 

/ˈkæpɪtl/  · _noun:_ the city where a government is based, or money for investment 

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

## 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):

[pear](/bip39-word/pear/)[ginger](/bip39-word/ginger/)[acoustic](/bip39-word/acoustic/)[craft](/bip39-word/craft/)[claw](/bip39-word/claw/)[champion](/bip39-word/champion/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[cart](/bip39-word/cart/)[card](/bip39-word/card/)[car](/bip39-word/car/)[captain](/bip39-word/captain/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x110

4-Letter Prefix

capi

## About "capital" in BIP39

- "capital" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"capi"**, already identify it, because **"cap"** also begins [capable](/bip39-word/capable/) and [captain](/bip39-word/captain/).
- **"capi"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins capitán in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), capitolo in the [Italian list](/italian/) and capinar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #273 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) doslov 

[French](/french/) boussole 

[Italian](/italian/) buffone 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おこす 

[Korean](/korean/) 기획 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) belga 

[Spanish](/spanish/) brazo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "cap":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #269 canoe ](/bip39-word/canoe/)[ #270 canvas ](/bip39-word/canvas/)[ #271 canyon ](/bip39-word/canyon/)[ #272 capable ](/bip39-word/capable/)[ #274 captain ](/bip39-word/captain/)[ #275 car ](/bip39-word/car/)[ #276 carbon ](/bip39-word/carbon/)[ #277 card ](/bip39-word/card/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)
- [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/)
- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)

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