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title: "BIP39 Word #849: head — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/head/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #849 01101010000 

# head — BIP39 word #849

"**head**" is word #849 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hazard](/bip39-word/hazard/) and [health](/bip39-word/health/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101010000`, decimal index 848\. 

/hɛd/  · _noun:_ the top part of the body containing the brain, eyes and mouth 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[tube](/bip39-word/tube/)[claw](/bip39-word/claw/)[energy](/bip39-word/energy/)[key](/bip39-word/key/)[ginger](/bip39-word/ginger/)[host](/bip39-word/host/)[gym](/bip39-word/gym/)[help](/bip39-word/help/)[hedgehog](/bip39-word/hedgehog/)[heart](/bip39-word/heart/)[health](/bip39-word/health/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x350

4-Letter Prefix

head

## About "head" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "head": **"hea"** also begins [health](/bip39-word/health/), [heart](/bip39-word/heart/) and [heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/).

## Word #849 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) minomet 

[French](/french/) fonderie 

[Italian](/italian/) inondato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) じゃま 

[Korean](/korean/) 성별 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) flamingo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hallar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "head" /hɛd/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[hard /hɑːd/](/bip39-word/hard/)[hen /hɛn/](/bip39-word/hen/)[hood /hʊd/](/bip39-word/hood/)[shed /ʃɛd/](/bip39-word/shed/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "hea":

[health](/bip39-word/health/)[heart](/bip39-word/heart/)[heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #845 hat ](/bip39-word/hat/)[ #846 have ](/bip39-word/have/)[ #847 hawk ](/bip39-word/hawk/)[ #848 hazard ](/bip39-word/hazard/)[ #850 health ](/bip39-word/health/)[ #851 heart ](/bip39-word/heart/)[ #852 heavy ](/bip39-word/heavy/)[ #853 hedgehog ](/bip39-word/hedgehog/) 

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

## 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/)

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