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title: "BIP39 Word #850: health — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/health/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #850 01101010001 

# health — BIP39 word #850

"**health**" is word #850 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [head](/bip39-word/head/) and [heart](/bip39-word/heart/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101010001`, decimal index 849\. 

/hɛlθ/  · _noun:_ the condition of the body and mind, especially being free from illness 

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

## 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):

[tuition](/bip39-word/tuition/)[clay](/bip39-word/clay/)[enforce](/bip39-word/enforce/)[kick](/bip39-word/kick/)[giraffe](/bip39-word/giraffe/)[hotel](/bip39-word/hotel/)[habit](/bip39-word/habit/)[hen](/bip39-word/hen/)[height](/bip39-word/height/)[heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/)[head](/bip39-word/head/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x351

4-Letter Prefix

heal

## About "health" in BIP39

- "health" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"heal"**, already identify it, because **"hea"** also begins [head](/bip39-word/head/), [heart](/bip39-word/heart/) and [heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/).

## Word #850 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) minulost 

[French](/french/) fongible 

[Italian](/italian/) insano 

[Japanese](/japanese/) しゃりん 

[Korean](/korean/) 성인 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) flanela 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hamaca 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "health" /hɛlθ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[hello /hɛˈləʊ/](/bip39-word/hello/)[help /hɛlp/](/bip39-word/help/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "hea":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #846 have ](/bip39-word/have/)[ #847 hawk ](/bip39-word/hawk/)[ #848 hazard ](/bip39-word/hazard/)[ #849 head ](/bip39-word/head/)[ #851 heart ](/bip39-word/heart/)[ #852 heavy ](/bip39-word/heavy/)[ #853 hedgehog ](/bip39-word/hedgehog/)[ #854 height ](/bip39-word/height/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)

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