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title: "BIP39 Word #866: history — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/history/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #866 01101100001 

# history — BIP39 word #866

"**history**" is word #866 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hire](/bip39-word/hire/) and [hobby](/bip39-word/hobby/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101100001`, decimal index 865\. 

/ˈhɪstəri/  · _noun:_ the study of past events, or the past of a person or place 

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

## 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):

[umbrella](/bip39-word/umbrella/)[club](/bip39-word/club/)[equip](/bip39-word/equip/)[label](/bip39-word/label/)[goddess](/bip39-word/goddess/)[habit](/bip39-word/habit/)[hotel](/bip39-word/hotel/)[honey](/bip39-word/honey/)[hole](/bip39-word/hole/)[hockey](/bip39-word/hockey/)[hire](/bip39-word/hire/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x361

4-Letter Prefix

hist

## About "history" in BIP39

- "history" has 7 letters, but the first three, **"his"**, already identify it, because **"hi"** also begins [hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/), [high](/bip39-word/high/), [hill](/bip39-word/hill/), [hint](/bip39-word/hint/), [hip](/bip39-word/hip/) and [hire](/bip39-word/hire/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"hist"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins histoire in the [French list](/french/), historia in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and historik in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #866 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) mohyla 

[French](/french/) frayeur 

[Italian](/italian/) ippica 

[Japanese](/japanese/) しらべる 

[Korean](/korean/) 소금 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) forte 

[Spanish](/spanish/) hígado 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "history" /ˈhɪstəri/ is one sound away from this word: 

[mystery /ˈmɪstəri/](/bip39-word/mystery/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #862 hill ](/bip39-word/hill/)[ #863 hint ](/bip39-word/hint/)[ #864 hip ](/bip39-word/hip/)[ #865 hire ](/bip39-word/hire/)[ #867 hobby ](/bip39-word/hobby/)[ #868 hockey ](/bip39-word/hockey/)[ #869 hold ](/bip39-word/hold/)[ #870 hole ](/bip39-word/hole/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)

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