Word #294 00100100101
caution — BIP39 word #294
"caution" is word #294 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between cause and cave.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
00100100101,
decimal index 293.
/ˈkɔːʃᵊn/ · noun: care taken to avoid danger or mistakes
Russian: осторожность
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):
Position
#294 of 2048
Hex Index
0x125
4-Letter Prefix
caut
About "caution" in BIP39
- "caution" has 7 letters, but the first four, "caut", already identify it, because "cau" also begins caught and cause.
- The same spelling is in the French BIP39 wordlist, but as word #348 (index 347), not #294. A wallet set to French reads "caution" as 00101011011 instead of 00100100101, and decodes index 293 as "brutal".
- "caut" is unique only within the English list: it also begins cauto in the Italian list and cautelar in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #294 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "caution" /ˈkɔːʃᵊn/ is one sound away from these 2 words: