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title: "BIP39 Word #278: cargo — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cargo/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #278 00100010101 

# cargo — BIP39 word #278

"**cargo**" is word #278 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [card](/bip39-word/card/) and [carpet](/bip39-word/carpet/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100010101`, decimal index 277\. 

/ˈkɑːgəʊ/  · _noun:_ goods carried by a ship, aircraft or truck 

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

## 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):

[pencil](/bip39-word/pencil/)[glance](/bip39-word/glance/)[actor](/bip39-word/actor/)[crawl](/bip39-word/crawl/)[click](/bip39-word/click/)[chase](/bip39-word/chase/)[camera](/bip39-word/camera/)[casual](/bip39-word/casual/)[captain](/bip39-word/captain/)[carry](/bip39-word/carry/)[card](/bip39-word/card/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x115

4-Letter Prefix

carg

## About "cargo" in BIP39

- "cargo" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"carg"**, already identify it, because **"car"** also begins [car](/bip39-word/car/), [carbon](/bip39-word/carbon/), [card](/bip39-word/card/), [carpet](/bip39-word/carpet/), [carry](/bip39-word/carry/) and [cart](/bip39-word/cart/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [car](/bip39-word/car/). Write "cargo" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- **"carg"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins carga in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #278 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dotek 

[French](/french/) brave 

[Italian](/italian/) burrasca 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おさめる 

[Korean](/korean/) 김치 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) berimbau 

[Spanish](/spanish/) brisa 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "car":

[car](/bip39-word/car/)[carbon](/bip39-word/carbon/)[card](/bip39-word/card/)[carpet](/bip39-word/carpet/)[carry](/bip39-word/carry/)[cart](/bip39-word/cart/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #274 captain ](/bip39-word/captain/)[ #275 car ](/bip39-word/car/)[ #276 carbon ](/bip39-word/carbon/)[ #277 card ](/bip39-word/card/)[ #279 carpet ](/bip39-word/carpet/)[ #280 carry ](/bip39-word/carry/)[ #281 cart ](/bip39-word/cart/)[ #282 case ](/bip39-word/case/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/)
- [Private Key QR Code Risks: Why Online Generators Are Unsafe](/qr-code-private-key-security-risks/)
- [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/)

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