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title: "BIP39 Word #462: defy — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/defy/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #462 00111001101 

# defy — BIP39 word #462

"**defy**" is word #462 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [define](/bip39-word/define/) and [degree](/bip39-word/degree/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00111001101`, decimal index 461\. 

/dɪˈfaɪ/  · _verb:_ to openly resist or refuse to obey someone 

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

## 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):

[rifle](/bip39-word/rifle/)[keen](/bip39-word/keen/)[boost](/bip39-word/boost/)[claim](/bip39-word/claim/)[coyote](/bip39-word/coyote/)[diet](/bip39-word/diet/)[desert](/bip39-word/desert/)[december](/bip39-word/december/)[decrease](/bip39-word/decrease/)[delay](/bip39-word/delay/)[define](/bip39-word/define/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x1CD

4-Letter Prefix

defy

## About "defy" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "defy": **"def"** also begins [defense](/bip39-word/defense/) and [define](/bip39-word/define/).

## Word #462 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) hrdost 

[French](/french/) coyote 

[Italian](/italian/) denotato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) くうかん 

[Korean](/korean/) 매력 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) clero 

[Spanish](/spanish/) cráter 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "defy" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[deny](/bip39-word/deny/) 

Read aloud, "defy" /dɪˈfaɪ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[define /dɪˈfaɪn/](/bip39-word/define/)[differ /ˈdɪfə/](/bip39-word/differ/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "def":

[defense](/bip39-word/defense/)[define](/bip39-word/define/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #458 decrease ](/bip39-word/decrease/)[ #459 deer ](/bip39-word/deer/)[ #460 defense ](/bip39-word/defense/)[ #461 define ](/bip39-word/define/)[ #463 degree ](/bip39-word/degree/)[ #464 delay ](/bip39-word/delay/)[ #465 deliver ](/bip39-word/deliver/)[ #466 demand ](/bip39-word/demand/) 

[View all words starting with "D" ](/bip39-words/d/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)
- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)