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title: "BIP39 Word #323: choose — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/choose/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #323 00101000010 

# choose — BIP39 word #323

"**choose**" is word #323 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [choice](/bip39-word/choice/) and [chronic](/bip39-word/chronic/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00101000010`, decimal index 322\. 

/ʧuːz/  · _verb:_ to pick one thing or person from a number of options 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

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

[portion](/bip39-word/portion/)[hair](/bip39-word/hair/)[analyst](/bip39-word/analyst/)[debate](/bip39-word/debate/)[cake](/bip39-word/cake/)[clump](/bip39-word/clump/)[clean](/bip39-word/clean/)[citizen](/bip39-word/citizen/)[churn](/bip39-word/churn/)[chimney](/bip39-word/chimney/)[chronic](/bip39-word/chronic/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x142

4-Letter Prefix

choo

## About "choose" in BIP39

- "choose" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"choo"**, already identify it, because **"cho"** also begins [choice](/bip39-word/choice/).

## Word #323 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) eskorta 

[French](/french/) campagne 

[Italian](/italian/) catena 

[Japanese](/japanese/) かいすいよく 

[Korean](/korean/) 녹음 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) boreal 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cama 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "choose" /ʧuːz/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[cheese /ʧiːz/](/bip39-word/cheese/)[use /juːz/](/bip39-word/use/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "cho":

[choice](/bip39-word/choice/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #319 chief ](/bip39-word/chief/)[ #320 child ](/bip39-word/child/)[ #321 chimney ](/bip39-word/chimney/)[ #322 choice ](/bip39-word/choice/)[ #324 chronic ](/bip39-word/chronic/)[ #325 chuckle ](/bip39-word/chuckle/)[ #326 chunk ](/bip39-word/chunk/)[ #327 churn ](/bip39-word/churn/) 

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

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