--- title: "BIP39 Word #972: just — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/just/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #972 01111001011 # just — BIP39 word #972 "**just**" is word #972 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [junk](/bip39-word/junk/) and [kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001011`, decimal index 971\. /ʤʌst/ · _adverb:_ exactly, only, or a very short time ago [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): просто ## Binary Representation Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [west](/bip39-word/west/)[defense](/bip39-word/defense/)[floor](/bip39-word/floor/)[harvest](/bip39-word/harvest/)[imitate](/bip39-word/imitate/)[latin](/bip39-word/latin/)[kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[journey](/bip39-word/journey/)[ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[junior](/bip39-word/junior/)[junk](/bip39-word/junk/) Position Hex Index 0x3CB 4-Letter Prefix just ## About "just" in BIP39 - "just" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"jus"**, already identify it, because **"ju"** also begins [judge](/bip39-word/judge/), [juice](/bip39-word/juice/), [jump](/bip39-word/jump/), [jungle](/bip39-word/jungle/), [junior](/bip39-word/junior/) and [junk](/bip39-word/junk/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. - **"just"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins justice in the [French list](/french/), justo in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and justa in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #972 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) nezvykle [French](/french/) herbe [Italian](/italian/) mantide [Japanese](/japanese/) せんさい [Korean](/korean/) 시아버지 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) guaxinim [Spanish](/spanish/) lado [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 苗 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 苗 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "just" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [dust](/bip39-word/dust/)[must](/bip39-word/must/) Read aloud, "just" /ʤʌst/ is one sound away from this word: [adjust /əˈʤʌst/](/bip39-word/adjust/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "J" [ #953 jacket ](/bip39-word/jacket/)[ #954 jaguar ](/bip39-word/jaguar/)[ #955 jar ](/bip39-word/jar/)[ #956 jazz ](/bip39-word/jazz/)[ #968 jump ](/bip39-word/jump/)[ #969 jungle ](/bip39-word/jungle/)[ #970 junior ](/bip39-word/junior/)[ #971 junk ](/bip39-word/junk/) [View all words starting with "J" ](/bip39-words/j/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)