--- title: "BIP39 Word #869: hold — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/hold/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #869 01101100100 # hold — BIP39 word #869 "**hold**" is word #869 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hockey](/bip39-word/hockey/) and [hole](/bip39-word/hole/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101100100`, decimal index 868\. /həʊld/ · _verb:_ to carry or support something with your hands or arms [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): держать ## 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): [uncle](/bip39-word/uncle/)[clutch](/bip39-word/clutch/)[erode](/bip39-word/erode/)[lady](/bip39-word/lady/)[goose](/bip39-word/goose/)[hammer](/bip39-word/hammer/)[hub](/bip39-word/hub/)[horn](/bip39-word/horn/)[hire](/bip39-word/hire/)[holiday](/bip39-word/holiday/)[hole](/bip39-word/hole/) Position Hex Index 0x364 4-Letter Prefix hold ## About "hold" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "hold": **"hol"** also begins [hole](/bip39-word/hole/), [holiday](/bip39-word/holiday/) and [hollow](/bip39-word/hollow/). ## Word #869 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) momentka [French](/french/) frelon [Italian](/italian/) ironico [Japanese](/japanese/) じんじゃ [Korean](/korean/) 소득 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) fragata [Spanish](/spanish/) himno [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 喜 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 喜 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "hold" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [fold](/bip39-word/fold/)[gold](/bip39-word/gold/)[hole](/bip39-word/hole/)[hood](/bip39-word/hood/)[old](/bip39-word/old/) Words sharing the first three letters "hol": [hole](/bip39-word/hole/)[holiday](/bip39-word/holiday/)[hollow](/bip39-word/hollow/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H" [ #865 hire ](/bip39-word/hire/)[ #866 history ](/bip39-word/history/)[ #867 hobby ](/bip39-word/hobby/)[ #868 hockey ](/bip39-word/hockey/)[ #870 hole ](/bip39-word/hole/)[ #871 holiday ](/bip39-word/holiday/)[ #872 hollow ](/bip39-word/hollow/)[ #873 home ](/bip39-word/home/) [View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/) - [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/) - [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)