--- title: "BIP39 Word #295: cave — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cave/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #295 00100100110 # cave — BIP39 word #295 "**cave**" is word #295 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [caution](/bip39-word/caution/) and [ceiling](/bip39-word/ceiling/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100100110`, decimal index 294\. /keɪv/ · _noun:_ a large natural hollow in a hillside or underground [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): пещера ## 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): [pill](/bip39-word/pill/)[gospel](/bip39-word/gospel/)[age](/bip39-word/age/)[crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/)[coast](/bip39-word/coast/)[camp](/bip39-word/camp/)[chat](/bip39-word/chat/)[chair](/bip39-word/chair/)[cattle](/bip39-word/cattle/)[cause](/bip39-word/cause/)[ceiling](/bip39-word/ceiling/) Position Hex Index 0x126 4-Letter Prefix cave ## About "cave" in BIP39 - "cave" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"cav"**, already identify it, because **"ca"** also begins 41 other words, among them [cabbage](/bip39-word/cabbage/), [cabin](/bip39-word/cabin/), [cable](/bip39-word/cable/) and [cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. - **"cave"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins caverne in the [French list](/french/) and caverna in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #295 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) drsnost [French](/french/) bruyant [Italian](/italian/) canapa [Japanese](/japanese/) おどり [Korean](/korean/) 날개 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) biosfera [Spanish](/spanish/) burbuja [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 聯 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 联 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 7 BIP39 words differ from "cave" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cage](/bip39-word/cage/)[cake](/bip39-word/cake/)[case](/bip39-word/case/)[have](/bip39-word/have/)[pave](/bip39-word/pave/)[save](/bip39-word/save/)[wave](/bip39-word/wave/) Read aloud, "cave" /keɪv/ is one sound away from this word: [curve /kɜːv/](/bip39-word/curve/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #291 cattle ](/bip39-word/cattle/)[ #292 caught ](/bip39-word/caught/)[ #293 cause ](/bip39-word/cause/)[ #294 caution ](/bip39-word/caution/)[ #296 ceiling ](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[ #297 celery ](/bip39-word/celery/)[ #298 cement ](/bip39-word/cement/)[ #299 census ](/bip39-word/census/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/) - [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/) - [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)