---
title: "BIP39 Word #294: caution — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/caution/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
---

Word #294 00100100101 

# caution — BIP39 word #294

"**caution**" is word #294 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cause](/bip39-word/cause/) and [cave](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[pigeon](/bip39-word/pigeon/)[gorilla](/bip39-word/gorilla/)[again](/bip39-word/again/)[cruise](/bip39-word/cruise/)[coach](/bip39-word/coach/)[camera](/bip39-word/camera/)[chase](/bip39-word/chase/)[certain](/bip39-word/certain/)[category](/bip39-word/category/)[ceiling](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[cause](/bip39-word/cause/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/caught/) and [cause](/bip39-word/cause/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), 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](/italian/) and cautelar in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #294 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) drozd 

[French](/french/) brutal 

[Italian](/italian/) campale 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おとなしい 

[Korean](/korean/) 난방 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) biombo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bulto 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "caution" /ˈkɔːʃᵊn/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[cushion /ˈkʊʃᵊn/](/bip39-word/cushion/)[portion /ˈpɔːʃən/](/bip39-word/portion/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "cau":

[caught](/bip39-word/caught/)[cause](/bip39-word/cause/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #290 category ](/bip39-word/category/)[ #291 cattle ](/bip39-word/cattle/)[ #292 caught ](/bip39-word/caught/)[ #293 cause ](/bip39-word/cause/)[ #295 cave ](/bip39-word/cave/)[ #296 ceiling ](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[ #297 celery ](/bip39-word/celery/)[ #298 cement ](/bip39-word/cement/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)