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title: "BIP39 Word #424: crunch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/crunch/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #424 00110100111 

# crunch — BIP39 word #424

"**crunch**" is word #424 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/) and [crush](/bip39-word/crush/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110100111`, decimal index 423\. 

/krʌnʧ/  · _verb:_ to crush food noisily with the teeth 

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

## 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):

[reject](/bip39-word/reject/)[insane](/bip39-word/insane/)[belt](/bip39-word/belt/)[ceiling](/bip39-word/ceiling/)[diagram](/bip39-word/diagram/)[couch](/bip39-word/couch/)[dad](/bip39-word/dad/)[curious](/bip39-word/curious/)[crucial](/bip39-word/crucial/)[cruise](/bip39-word/cruise/)[crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1A7

4-Letter Prefix

crun

## About "crunch" in BIP39

- "crunch" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"crun"**, already identify it, because **"cru"** also begins [crucial](/bip39-word/crucial/), [cruel](/bip39-word/cruel/), [cruise](/bip39-word/cruise/), [crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/) and [crush](/bip39-word/crush/).

## Word #424 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) hoboj 

[French](/french/) cogner 

[Italian](/italian/) crostata 

[Japanese](/japanese/) きなこ 

[Korean](/korean/) 뒷산 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) cerrado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) código 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "cru":

[crucial](/bip39-word/crucial/)[cruel](/bip39-word/cruel/)[cruise](/bip39-word/cruise/)[crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/)[crush](/bip39-word/crush/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #420 crucial ](/bip39-word/crucial/)[ #421 cruel ](/bip39-word/cruel/)[ #422 cruise ](/bip39-word/cruise/)[ #423 crumble ](/bip39-word/crumble/)[ #425 crush ](/bip39-word/crush/)[ #426 cry ](/bip39-word/cry/)[ #427 crystal ](/bip39-word/crystal/)[ #428 cube ](/bip39-word/cube/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)

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