--- title: "BIP39 Word #289: catch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/catch/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #289 00100100000 # catch — BIP39 word #289 "**catch**" is word #289 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [catalog](/bip39-word/catalog/) and [category](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [piano](/bip39-word/piano/)[goat](/bip39-word/goat/)[advice](/bip39-word/advice/)[cross](/bip39-word/cross/)[clown](/bip39-word/clown/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[champion](/bip39-word/champion/)[celery](/bip39-word/celery/)[cause](/bip39-word/cause/)[cattle](/bip39-word/cattle/)[category](/bip39-word/category/) Position 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](/bip39-word/cat/), [catalog](/bip39-word/catalog/), [category](/bip39-word/category/) and [cattle](/bip39-word/cattle/). - Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [cat](/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](/czech/) dravec [French](/french/) bronzer [Italian](/italian/) cambusa [Japanese](/japanese/) おちつく [Korean](/korean/) 나머지 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) bigorna [Spanish](/spanish/) buey [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 油 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 油 ## 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: [match](/bip39-word/match/)[patch](/bip39-word/patch/) Read aloud, "catch" /kæʧ/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [can /kæn/](/bip39-word/can/)[cash /kæʃ/](/bip39-word/cash/)[cat /kæt/](/bip39-word/cat/)[coach /kəʊʧ/](/bip39-word/coach/)[couch /kaʊʧ/](/bip39-word/couch/) Words sharing the first three letters "cat": [cat](/bip39-word/cat/)[catalog](/bip39-word/catalog/)[category](/bip39-word/category/)[cattle](/bip39-word/cattle/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #285 castle ](/bip39-word/castle/)[ #286 casual ](/bip39-word/casual/)[ #287 cat ](/bip39-word/cat/)[ #288 catalog ](/bip39-word/catalog/)[ #290 category ](/bip39-word/category/)[ #291 cattle ](/bip39-word/cattle/)[ #292 caught ](/bip39-word/caught/)[ #293 cause ](/bip39-word/cause/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [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/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)