Word #289 00100100000

catch — BIP39 word #289

"catch" is word #289 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between catalog and category. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 00100100000, decimal index 288.

/kæʧ/ · verb: to seize and hold something that is moving

Russian: поймать

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):

Position

#289 of 2048

Hex Index

0x120

4-Letter Prefix

catc

About "catch" in BIP39

  • "catch" has 5 letters, but the first four, "catc", already identify it, because "cat" also begins cat, catalog, category and cattle.
  • Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, cat. Write "catch" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

Word #289 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech dravec
French bronzer
Italian cambusa
Japanese おちつく
Korean 나머지
Portuguese bigorna
Spanish buey

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

2 BIP39 words differ from "catch" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "catch" /kæʧ/ is one sound away from these 5 words:

Words sharing the first three letters "cat":

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