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title: "BIP39 Word #975: keep — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/keep/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #975 01111001110 

# keep — BIP39 word #975

"**keep**" is word #975 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [keen](/bip39-word/keen/) and [ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001110`, decimal index 974\. 

/kiːp/  · _verb:_ to continue to have or hold something 

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

## 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):

[what](/bip39-word/what/)[degree](/bip39-word/degree/)[flush](/bip39-word/flush/)[hawk](/bip39-word/hawk/)[impact](/bip39-word/impact/)[lava](/bip39-word/lava/)[knock](/bip39-word/knock/)[juice](/bip39-word/juice/)[junk](/bip39-word/junk/)[kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3CE

4-Letter Prefix

keep

## About "keep" in BIP39

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

## Word #975 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nikam 

[French](/french/) héron 

[Italian](/italian/) maratona 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんせい 

[Korean](/korean/) 시인 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) guincho 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lágrima 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "keep" /kiːp/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[cheap /ʧiːp/](/bip39-word/cheap/)[cup /kʌp/](/bip39-word/cup/)[key /kiː/](/bip39-word/key/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "kee":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #974 keen ](/bip39-word/keen/)[ #976 ketchup ](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[ #977 key ](/bip39-word/key/)[ #978 kick ](/bip39-word/kick/)[ #979 kid ](/bip39-word/kid/)[ #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

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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