--- title: "BIP39 Word #293: cause — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cause/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #293 00100100100 # cause — BIP39 word #293 "**cause**" is word #293 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [caught](/bip39-word/caught/) and [caution](/bip39-word/caution/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100100100`, decimal index 292\. /kɔːz/ · _noun:_ the reason something happens, or an aim people support [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): причина ## Binary Representation Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [pig](/bip39-word/pig/)[goose](/bip39-word/goose/)[afraid](/bip39-word/afraid/)[cruel](/bip39-word/cruel/)[clutch](/bip39-word/clutch/)[calm](/bip39-word/calm/)[charge](/bip39-word/charge/)[cereal](/bip39-word/cereal/)[catch](/bip39-word/catch/)[cave](/bip39-word/cave/)[caution](/bip39-word/caution/) Position Hex Index 0x124 4-Letter Prefix caus ## About "cause" in BIP39 - "cause" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"caus"**, already identify it, because **"cau"** also begins [caught](/bip39-word/caught/) and [caution](/bip39-word/caution/). - **"caus"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins causer in the [French list](/french/), causa in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and causador in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. - "cause" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #15 (word 5 of 24). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words. Official test vector #15 [hamster](/bip39-word/hamster/) [diagram](/bip39-word/diagram/) [private](/bip39-word/private/) [dutch](/bip39-word/dutch/) cause [delay](/bip39-word/delay/) [private](/bip39-word/private/) [meat](/bip39-word/meat/) [slide](/bip39-word/slide/) [toddler](/bip39-word/toddler/) [razor](/bip39-word/razor/) [book](/bip39-word/book/) [happy](/bip39-word/happy/) [fancy](/bip39-word/fancy/) [gospel](/bip39-word/gospel/) [tennis](/bip39-word/tennis/) [maple](/bip39-word/maple/) [dilemma](/bip39-word/dilemma/) [loan](/bip39-word/loan/) [word](/bip39-word/word/) [shrug](/bip39-word/shrug/) [inflict](/bip39-word/inflict/) [delay](/bip39-word/delay/) [length](/bip39-word/length/) ## Word #293 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) drogerie [French](/french/) brusque [Italian](/italian/) camola [Japanese](/japanese/) おとしもの [Korean](/korean/) 낙엽 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) biologia [Spanish](/spanish/) buitre [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 交 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 交 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "cause" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [case](/bip39-word/case/)[pause](/bip39-word/pause/) Read aloud, "cause" /kɔːz/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [call /kɔːl/](/bip39-word/call/)[caught /kɔːt/](/bip39-word/caught/)[core /kɔː/](/bip39-word/core/)[corn /kɔːn/](/bip39-word/corn/)[course /kɔːs/](/bip39-word/course/) Words sharing the first three letters "cau": [caught](/bip39-word/caught/)[caution](/bip39-word/caution/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #289 catch ](/bip39-word/catch/)[ #290 category ](/bip39-word/category/)[ #291 cattle ](/bip39-word/cattle/)[ #292 caught ](/bip39-word/caught/)[ #294 caution ](/bip39-word/caution/)[ #295 cave ](/bip39-word/cave/)[ #296 ceiling ](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[ #297 celery ](/bip39-word/celery/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) - [Recover Lost Bitcoin: Find Wallet Backups and Seed Phrases](/recover-lost-bitcoin-find-wallet-backups/) - [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)