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title: "BIP39 Word #389: correct — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/correct/"
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updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #389 00110000100 

# correct — BIP39 word #389

"**correct**" is word #389 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [corn](/bip39-word/corn/) and [cost](/bip39-word/cost/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110000100`, decimal index 388\. 

/kəˈrɛkt/  · _adjective:_ free from mistakes, or true and accurate 

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

## 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):

[rack](/bip39-word/rack/)[identify](/bip39-word/identify/)[awesome](/bip39-word/awesome/)[calm](/bip39-word/calm/)[decade](/bip39-word/decade/)[cruel](/bip39-word/cruel/)[crater](/bip39-word/crater/)[cover](/bip39-word/cover/)[copy](/bip39-word/copy/)[cotton](/bip39-word/cotton/)[cost](/bip39-word/cost/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x184

4-Letter Prefix

corr

## About "correct" in BIP39

- "correct" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"corr"**, already identify it, because **"cor"** also begins [coral](/bip39-word/coral/), [core](/bip39-word/core/) and [corn](/bip39-word/corn/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #452 (index 451), not #389\. A wallet set to French reads "correct" as **00111000011** instead of **00110000100**, and decodes index 388 as "chose".
- **"corr"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins correr in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), corredo in the [Italian list](/italian/) and correio in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #389 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) hanba 

[French](/french/) chose 

[Italian](/italian/) connesso 

[Japanese](/japanese/) きかんしゃ 

[Korean](/korean/) 대응 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) capotar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) chivo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "correct" /kəˈrɛkt/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[collect /kəˈlɛkt/](/bip39-word/collect/)[connect /kəˈnɛkt/](/bip39-word/connect/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "cor":

[coral](/bip39-word/coral/)[core](/bip39-word/core/)[corn](/bip39-word/corn/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #385 copy ](/bip39-word/copy/)[ #386 coral ](/bip39-word/coral/)[ #387 core ](/bip39-word/core/)[ #388 corn ](/bip39-word/corn/)[ #390 cost ](/bip39-word/cost/)[ #391 cotton ](/bip39-word/cotton/)[ #392 couch ](/bip39-word/couch/)[ #393 country ](/bip39-word/country/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/)
- [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/)

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