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title: "BIP39 Word #313: check — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/check/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #313 00100111000 

# check — BIP39 word #313

"**check**" is word #313 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cheap](/bip39-word/cheap/) and [cheese](/bip39-word/cheese/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100111000`, decimal index 312\. 

/ʧɛk/  · _verb:_ to examine something to make sure it is correct or safe 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): проверка 

## 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):

[poem](/bip39-word/poem/)[grow](/bip39-word/grow/)[alpha](/bip39-word/alpha/)[damage](/bip39-word/damage/)[congress](/bip39-word/congress/)[cart](/bip39-word/cart/)[celery](/bip39-word/celery/)[champion](/bip39-word/champion/)[chest](/bip39-word/chest/)[chef](/bip39-word/chef/)[cheese](/bip39-word/cheese/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x138

4-Letter Prefix

chec

## About "check" in BIP39

- "check" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"chec"**, already identify it, because **"che"** also begins [cheap](/bip39-word/cheap/), [cheese](/bip39-word/cheese/), [chef](/bip39-word/chef/), [cherry](/bip39-word/cherry/) and [chest](/bip39-word/chest/).
- **"chec"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins chechtat in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #313 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) email 

[French](/french/) caisson 

[Italian](/italian/) carretto 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おんだん 

[Korean](/korean/) 냉동 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) bolada 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cajón 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "check" /ʧɛk/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[chalk /ʧɔːk/](/bip39-word/chalk/)[neck /nɛk/](/bip39-word/neck/)[wreck /rɛk/](/bip39-word/wreck/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "che":

[cheap](/bip39-word/cheap/)[cheese](/bip39-word/cheese/)[chef](/bip39-word/chef/)[cherry](/bip39-word/cherry/)[chest](/bip39-word/chest/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #309 charge ](/bip39-word/charge/)[ #310 chase ](/bip39-word/chase/)[ #311 chat ](/bip39-word/chat/)[ #312 cheap ](/bip39-word/cheap/)[ #314 cheese ](/bip39-word/cheese/)[ #315 chef ](/bip39-word/chef/)[ #316 cherry ](/bip39-word/cherry/)[ #317 chest ](/bip39-word/chest/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)

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