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title: "BIP39 Word #333: civil — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/civil/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
---

Word #333 00101001100 

# civil — BIP39 word #333

"**civil**" is word #333 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [city](/bip39-word/city/) and [claim](/bip39-word/claim/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00101001100`, decimal index 332\. 

/ˈsɪvl/  · _adjective:_ relating to ordinary citizens rather than the military, or polite 

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

## 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):

[praise](/bip39-word/praise/)[hat](/bip39-word/hat/)[another](/bip39-word/another/)[define](/bip39-word/define/)[canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/)[collect](/bip39-word/collect/)[clog](/bip39-word/clog/)[chuckle](/bip39-word/chuckle/)[cinnamon](/bip39-word/cinnamon/)[clap](/bip39-word/clap/)[claim](/bip39-word/claim/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x14C

4-Letter Prefix

civi

## About "civil" in BIP39

- "civil" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"civ"**, already identify it, because **"ci"** also begins [cigar](/bip39-word/cigar/), [cinnamon](/bip39-word/cinnamon/), [circle](/bip39-word/circle/), [citizen](/bip39-word/citizen/) and [city](/bip39-word/city/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #404 (index 403), not #333\. A wallet set to French reads "civil" as **00110010011** instead of **00101001100**, and decodes index 332 as "capter".
- **"civi"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins civile in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #333 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) extrakt 

[French](/french/) capter 

[Italian](/italian/) cenone 

[Japanese](/japanese/) がいらい 

[Korean](/korean/) 농부 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) brincar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) canto 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #329 cinnamon ](/bip39-word/cinnamon/)[ #330 circle ](/bip39-word/circle/)[ #331 citizen ](/bip39-word/citizen/)[ #332 city ](/bip39-word/city/)[ #334 claim ](/bip39-word/claim/)[ #335 clap ](/bip39-word/clap/)[ #336 clarify ](/bip39-word/clarify/)[ #337 claw ](/bip39-word/claw/) 

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

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- [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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