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title: "BIP39 Word #847: hawk — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/hawk/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #847 01101001110 

# hawk — BIP39 word #847

"**hawk**" is word #847 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [have](/bip39-word/have/) and [hazard](/bip39-word/hazard/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101001110`, decimal index 846\. 

/hɔːk/  · _noun:_ a bird of prey with sharp claws and excellent eyesight 

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

## 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):

[truth](/bip39-word/truth/)[clap](/bip39-word/clap/)[endorse](/bip39-word/endorse/)[keep](/bip39-word/keep/)[gift](/bip39-word/gift/)[horse](/bip39-word/horse/)[hint](/bip39-word/hint/)[hand](/bip39-word/hand/)[harsh](/bip39-word/harsh/)[hat](/bip39-word/hat/)[hazard](/bip39-word/hazard/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x34E

4-Letter Prefix

hawk

## About "hawk" in BIP39

- "hawk" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"haw"**, already identify it, because **"ha"** also begins 14 other words, among them [habit](/bip39-word/habit/), [hair](/bip39-word/hair/), [half](/bip39-word/half/) and [hammer](/bip39-word/hammer/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #847 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) mincovna 

[French](/french/) fluvial 

[Italian](/italian/) inodore 

[Japanese](/japanese/) しゃちょう 

[Korean](/korean/) 성당 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) fixo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hacha 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "hawk" /hɔːk/ is one sound away from these 6 words: 

[chalk /ʧɔːk/](/bip39-word/chalk/)[fork /fɔːk/](/bip39-word/fork/)[horn /hɔːn/](/bip39-word/horn/)[horse /hɔːs/](/bip39-word/horse/)[talk /tɔːk/](/bip39-word/talk/)[walk /wɔːk/](/bip39-word/walk/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #843 harsh ](/bip39-word/harsh/)[ #844 harvest ](/bip39-word/harvest/)[ #845 hat ](/bip39-word/hat/)[ #846 have ](/bip39-word/have/)[ #848 hazard ](/bip39-word/hazard/)[ #849 head ](/bip39-word/head/)[ #850 health ](/bip39-word/health/)[ #851 heart ](/bip39-word/heart/) 

[View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) 

## 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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