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title: "BIP39 Word #963: joke — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/joke/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #963 01111000010 

# joke — BIP39 word #963

"**joke**" is word #963 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [join](/bip39-word/join/) and [journey](/bip39-word/journey/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111000010`, decimal index 962\. 

/ʤəʊk/  · _noun:_ something said or done to make people laugh 

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

## 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):

[weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/)[debate](/bip39-word/debate/)[flame](/bip39-word/flame/)[hair](/bip39-word/hair/)[icon](/bip39-word/icon/)[labor](/bip39-word/labor/)[kid](/bip39-word/kid/)[junk](/bip39-word/junk/)[juice](/bip39-word/juice/)[job](/bip39-word/job/)[journey](/bip39-word/journey/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3C2

4-Letter Prefix

joke

## About "joke" in BIP39

- "joke" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"jok"**, already identify it, because **"jo"** also begins [job](/bip39-word/job/), [join](/bip39-word/join/), [journey](/bip39-word/journey/) and [joy](/bip39-word/joy/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #963 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) neonka 

[French](/french/) hameau 

[Italian](/italian/) malumore 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せりふ 

[Korean](/korean/) 시나리오 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) grisalho 

[Spanish](/spanish/) jurar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "joke" /ʤəʊk/ is one sound away from this word: 

[oak /əʊk/](/bip39-word/oak/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "J"

[ #959 jelly ](/bip39-word/jelly/)[ #960 jewel ](/bip39-word/jewel/)[ #961 job ](/bip39-word/job/)[ #962 join ](/bip39-word/join/)[ #964 journey ](/bip39-word/journey/)[ #965 joy ](/bip39-word/joy/)[ #966 judge ](/bip39-word/judge/)[ #967 juice ](/bip39-word/juice/) 

[View all words starting with "J" ](/bip39-words/j/) 

## 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/)

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