--- title: "BIP39 Word #426: cry — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cry/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #426 00110101001 # cry — BIP39 word #426 "**cry**" is word #426 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [crush](/bip39-word/crush/) and [crystal](/bip39-word/crystal/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110101001`, decimal index 425\. /kraɪ/ · _verb:_ to shed tears from sadness or pain, or to shout loudly [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): плакать ## 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): [release](/bip39-word/release/)[inside](/bip39-word/inside/)[benefit](/bip39-word/benefit/)[cement](/bip39-word/cement/)[diamond](/bip39-word/diamond/)[couple](/bip39-word/couple/)[damp](/bip39-word/damp/)[crouch](/bip39-word/crouch/)[cup](/bip39-word/cup/)[cube](/bip39-word/cube/)[crush](/bip39-word/crush/) Position Hex Index 0x1A9 4-Letter Prefix cry ## About "cry" in BIP39 - All three letters of "cry" also begin longer words: [crystal](/bip39-word/crystal/). So "cry" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"cry"** but crystal as **"crys"**. ## Word #426 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) hodiny [French](/french/) coiffer [Italian](/italian/) crusca [Japanese](/japanese/) きねん [Korean](/korean/) 마누라 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) cerveja [Spanish](/spanish/) cofre [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 往 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 往 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "cry" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [dry](/bip39-word/dry/)[try](/bip39-word/try/) Read aloud, "cry" /kraɪ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [crew /kruː/](/bip39-word/crew/)[crime /kraɪm/](/bip39-word/crime/) Words sharing the first three letters "cry": [crystal](/bip39-word/crystal/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C" [ #422 cruise ](/bip39-word/cruise/)[ #423 crumble ](/bip39-word/crumble/)[ #424 crunch ](/bip39-word/crunch/)[ #425 crush ](/bip39-word/crush/)[ #427 crystal ](/bip39-word/crystal/)[ #428 cube ](/bip39-word/cube/)[ #429 culture ](/bip39-word/culture/)[ #430 cup ](/bip39-word/cup/) [View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/) - [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/) - [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)