--- title: "BIP39 Word #397: cover — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cover/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #397 00110001100 # cover — BIP39 word #397 "**cover**" is word #397 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cousin](/bip39-word/cousin/) and [coyote](/bip39-word/coyote/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110001100`, decimal index 396\. /ˈkʌvə/ · _verb:_ to put something over or on top of another thing [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): покрытие ## 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): [ranch](/bip39-word/ranch/)[immense](/bip39-word/immense/)[bag](/bip39-word/bag/)[canoe](/bip39-word/canoe/)[define](/bip39-word/define/)[culture](/bip39-word/culture/)[crime](/bip39-word/crime/)[correct](/bip39-word/correct/)[country](/bip39-word/country/)[crack](/bip39-word/crack/)[coyote](/bip39-word/coyote/) Position Hex Index 0x18C 4-Letter Prefix cove ## About "cover" in BIP39 - "cover" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"cov"**, already identify it, because **"co"** also begins 40 other words, among them [coach](/bip39-word/coach/), [coast](/bip39-word/coast/), [coconut](/bip39-word/coconut/) and [code](/bip39-word/code/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #397 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) hejtman [French](/french/) cintrer [Italian](/italian/) copricapo [Japanese](/japanese/) きさい [Korean](/korean/) 대통령 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) carimbar [Spanish](/spanish/) cien [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 非 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 非 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "cover" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [hover](/bip39-word/hover/)[over](/bip39-word/over/) Read aloud, "cover" /ˈkʌvə/ is one sound away from this word: [color /ˈkʌlə/](/bip39-word/color/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #393 country ](/bip39-word/country/)[ #394 couple ](/bip39-word/couple/)[ #395 course ](/bip39-word/course/)[ #396 cousin ](/bip39-word/cousin/)[ #398 coyote ](/bip39-word/coyote/)[ #399 crack ](/bip39-word/crack/)[ #400 cradle ](/bip39-word/cradle/)[ #401 craft ](/bip39-word/craft/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/) - [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/) - [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)