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title: "BIP39 Word #396: cousin — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cousin/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #396 00110001011 

# cousin — BIP39 word #396

"**cousin**" is word #396 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [course](/bip39-word/course/) and [cover](/bip39-word/cover/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110001011`, decimal index 395\. 

/ˈkʌzn/  · _noun:_ a child of your uncle or aunt 

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

## 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):

[ramp](/bip39-word/ramp/)[imitate](/bip39-word/imitate/)[badge](/bip39-word/badge/)[cannon](/bip39-word/cannon/)[defense](/bip39-word/defense/)[cube](/bip39-word/cube/)[cricket](/bip39-word/cricket/)[corn](/bip39-word/corn/)[cradle](/bip39-word/cradle/)[couple](/bip39-word/couple/)[course](/bip39-word/course/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x18B

4-Letter Prefix

cous

## About "cousin" in BIP39

- "cousin" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"cous"**, already identify it, because **"cou"** also begins [couch](/bip39-word/couch/), [country](/bip39-word/country/), [couple](/bip39-word/couple/) and [course](/bip39-word/course/).

## Word #396 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) hejno 

[French](/french/) cinéma 

[Italian](/italian/) coppia 

[Japanese](/japanese/) きこく 

[Korean](/korean/) 대충 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) careca 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cielo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "cou":

[couch](/bip39-word/couch/)[country](/bip39-word/country/)[couple](/bip39-word/couple/)[course](/bip39-word/course/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #392 couch ](/bip39-word/couch/)[ #393 country ](/bip39-word/country/)[ #394 couple ](/bip39-word/couple/)[ #395 course ](/bip39-word/course/)[ #397 cover ](/bip39-word/cover/)[ #398 coyote ](/bip39-word/coyote/)[ #399 crack ](/bip39-word/crack/)[ #400 cradle ](/bip39-word/cradle/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)