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title: "BIP39 Word #439: cycle — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/cycle/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #439 00110110110 

# cycle — BIP39 word #439

"**cycle**" is word #439 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cute](/bip39-word/cute/) and [dad](/bip39-word/dad/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00110110110`, decimal index 438\. 

/ˈsaɪkl/  · _noun:_ a series of events that repeat in the same order 

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

## 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):

[replace](/bip39-word/replace/)[item](/bip39-word/item/)[bitter](/bip39-word/bitter/)[chat](/bip39-word/chat/)[disagree](/bip39-word/disagree/)[crazy](/bip39-word/crazy/)[crumble](/bip39-word/crumble/)[daughter](/bip39-word/daughter/)[curve](/bip39-word/curve/)[custom](/bip39-word/custom/)[dad](/bip39-word/dad/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1B6

4-Letter Prefix

cycl

## About "cycle" in BIP39

- Two letters are enough: no other BIP39 word begins with **"cy"**, which makes "cycle" one of only 34 words that can be told apart this early.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #494 (index 493), not #439\. A wallet set to French reads "cycle" as **00111101101** instead of **00110110110**, and decodes index 438 as "confier".

## Word #439 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) horda 

[French](/french/) confier 

[Italian](/italian/) dalmata 

[Japanese](/japanese/) きめる 

[Korean](/korean/) 마지막 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) cheque 

[Spanish](/spanish/) combate 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "cycle" /ˈsaɪkl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[circle /ˈsɜːkl/](/bip39-word/circle/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #254 cabbage ](/bip39-word/cabbage/)[ #255 cabin ](/bip39-word/cabin/)[ #256 cable ](/bip39-word/cable/)[ #257 cactus ](/bip39-word/cactus/)[ #435 curve ](/bip39-word/curve/)[ #436 cushion ](/bip39-word/cushion/)[ #437 custom ](/bip39-word/custom/)[ #438 cute ](/bip39-word/cute/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)
- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)
- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)

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