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title: "BIP39 Word #974: keen — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/keen/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #974 01111001101 

# keen — BIP39 word #974

"**keen**" is word #974 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/) and [keep](/bip39-word/keep/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001101`, decimal index 973\. 

/kiːn/  · _adjective:_ eager and enthusiastic, or sharp and sensitive 

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

## 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):

[whale](/bip39-word/whale/)[defy](/bip39-word/defy/)[fluid](/bip39-word/fluid/)[have](/bip39-word/have/)[immune](/bip39-word/immune/)[laundry](/bip39-word/laundry/)[knife](/bip39-word/knife/)[judge](/bip39-word/judge/)[junior](/bip39-word/junior/)[ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3CD

4-Letter Prefix

keen

## About "keen" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "keen": **"kee"** also begins [keep](/bip39-word/keep/).

## Word #974 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nijak 

[French](/french/) hermine 

[Italian](/italian/) mappa 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんすい 

[Korean](/korean/) 시월 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) guiar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lagarto 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "keen" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[keep](/bip39-word/keep/) 

Read aloud, "keen" /kiːn/ is one sound away from these 8 words: 

[bean /biːn/](/bip39-word/bean/)[can /kæn/](/bip39-word/can/)[clean /kliːn/](/bip39-word/clean/)[coin /kɔɪn/](/bip39-word/coin/)[corn /kɔːn/](/bip39-word/corn/)[key /kiː/](/bip39-word/key/)[mean /miːn/](/bip39-word/mean/)[scene /siːn/](/bip39-word/scene/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "kee":

[keep](/bip39-word/keep/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #975 keep ](/bip39-word/keep/)[ #976 ketchup ](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[ #977 key ](/bip39-word/key/)[ #978 kick ](/bip39-word/kick/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/)[ #991 knock ](/bip39-word/knock/)[ #992 know ](/bip39-word/know/) 

[View all words starting with "K" ](/bip39-words/k/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)

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