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title: "BIP39 Word #372: common — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/common/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #372 00101110011 

# common — BIP39 word #372

"**common**" is word #372 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [comic](/bip39-word/comic/) and [company](/bip39-word/company/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00101110011`, decimal index 371\. 

/ˈkɒmən/  · _adjective:_ happening often, or shared by two or more people 

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

## Binary Representation

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

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

[purpose](/bip39-word/purpose/)[hover](/bip39-word/hover/)[attack](/bip39-word/attack/)[dinosaur](/bip39-word/dinosaur/)[chapter](/bip39-word/chapter/)[clerk](/bip39-word/clerk/)[cluster](/bip39-word/cluster/)[control](/bip39-word/control/)[confirm](/bip39-word/confirm/)[comfort](/bip39-word/comfort/)[comic](/bip39-word/comic/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x173

4-Letter Prefix

comm

## About "common" in BIP39

- "common" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"comm"**, already identify it, because **"com"** also begins [combine](/bip39-word/combine/), [come](/bip39-word/come/), [comfort](/bip39-word/comfort/), [comic](/bip39-word/comic/) and [company](/bip39-word/company/).
- **"comm"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins commande in the [French list](/french/) and commando in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #372 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) glazura 

[French](/french/) chasseur 

[Italian](/italian/) collare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) かんそう 

[Korean](/korean/) 답변 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) camisa 

[Spanish](/spanish/) centro 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "com":

[combine](/bip39-word/combine/)[come](/bip39-word/come/)[comfort](/bip39-word/comfort/)[comic](/bip39-word/comic/)[company](/bip39-word/company/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #368 combine ](/bip39-word/combine/)[ #369 come ](/bip39-word/come/)[ #370 comfort ](/bip39-word/comfort/)[ #371 comic ](/bip39-word/comic/)[ #373 company ](/bip39-word/company/)[ #374 concert ](/bip39-word/concert/)[ #375 conduct ](/bip39-word/conduct/)[ #376 confirm ](/bip39-word/confirm/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/)
- [Private Key QR Code Risks: Why Online Generators Are Unsafe](/qr-code-private-key-security-risks/)
- [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/)

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