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title: "BIP39 Word #317: chest — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/chest/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #317 00100111100 

# chest — BIP39 word #317

"**chest**" is word #317 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cherry](/bip39-word/cherry/) and [chicken](/bip39-word/chicken/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00100111100`, decimal index 316\. 

/ʧɛst/  · _noun:_ the front of the body between neck and stomach, or a strong box 

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

## Binary Representation

Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[pole](/bip39-word/pole/)[guide](/bip39-word/guide/)[always](/bip39-word/always/)[daring](/bip39-word/daring/)[convince](/bip39-word/convince/)[castle](/bip39-word/castle/)[cereal](/bip39-word/cereal/)[charge](/bip39-word/charge/)[check](/bip39-word/check/)[chief](/bip39-word/chief/)[chicken](/bip39-word/chicken/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x13C

4-Letter Prefix

ches

## About "chest" in BIP39

- "chest" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"ches"**, already identify it, because **"che"** also begins [cheap](/bip39-word/cheap/), [check](/bip39-word/check/), [cheese](/bip39-word/cheese/), [chef](/bip39-word/chef/) and [cherry](/bip39-word/cherry/).

## Word #317 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) epizoda 

[French](/french/) calmer 

[Italian](/italian/) caserma 

[Japanese](/japanese/) かいが 

[Korean](/korean/) 넥타이 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) bombeiro 

[Spanish](/spanish/) caldo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "chest" /ʧɛst/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[best /bɛst/](/bip39-word/best/)[nest /nɛst/](/bip39-word/nest/)[test /tɛst/](/bip39-word/test/)[west /wɛst/](/bip39-word/west/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "che":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #313 check ](/bip39-word/check/)[ #314 cheese ](/bip39-word/cheese/)[ #315 chef ](/bip39-word/chef/)[ #316 cherry ](/bip39-word/cherry/)[ #318 chicken ](/bip39-word/chicken/)[ #319 chief ](/bip39-word/chief/)[ #320 child ](/bip39-word/child/)[ #321 chimney ](/bip39-word/chimney/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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