--- title: "BIP39 Word #858: hen — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/hen/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #858 01101011001 # hen — BIP39 word #858 "**hen**" is word #858 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [help](/bip39-word/help/) and [hero](/bip39-word/hero/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101011001`, decimal index 857\. /hɛn/ · _noun:_ a female chicken, or the female of other birds [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): курица ## 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): [twenty](/bip39-word/twenty/)[clinic](/bip39-word/clinic/)[enroll](/bip39-word/enroll/)[kite](/bip39-word/kite/)[glimpse](/bip39-word/glimpse/)[hundred](/bip39-word/hundred/)[hard](/bip39-word/hard/)[health](/bip39-word/health/)[hill](/bip39-word/hill/)[hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/)[help](/bip39-word/help/) Position Hex Index 0x359 4-Letter Prefix hen ## About "hen" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "hen": **"he"** also begins 10 other words, among them [head](/bip39-word/head/), [health](/bip39-word/health/), [heart](/bip39-word/heart/) and [heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #858 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) mlsat [French](/french/) fougère [Italian](/italian/) intuito [Japanese](/japanese/) しゅらば [Korean](/korean/) 세월 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) fogo [Spanish](/spanish/) helio [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 假 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 假 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "hen" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [pen](/bip39-word/pen/)[ten](/bip39-word/ten/)[then](/bip39-word/then/)[when](/bip39-word/when/) Read aloud, "hen" /hɛn/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [head /hɛd/](/bip39-word/head/)[horn /hɔːn/](/bip39-word/horn/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H" [ #854 height ](/bip39-word/height/)[ #855 hello ](/bip39-word/hello/)[ #856 helmet ](/bip39-word/helmet/)[ #857 help ](/bip39-word/help/)[ #859 hero ](/bip39-word/hero/)[ #860 hidden ](/bip39-word/hidden/)[ #861 high ](/bip39-word/high/)[ #862 hill ](/bip39-word/hill/) [View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Private Key QR Code Risks: Why Online Generators Are Unsafe](/qr-code-private-key-security-risks/) - [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/) - [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)