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title: "BIP39 Word #976: ketchup — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/ketchup/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #976 01111001111 

# ketchup — BIP39 word #976

"**ketchup**" is word #976 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [keep](/bip39-word/keep/) and [key](/bip39-word/key/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001111`, decimal index 975\. 

/ˈkɛʧʌp/  · _noun:_ a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes and vinegar 

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

## Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[wheat](/bip39-word/wheat/)[delay](/bip39-word/delay/)[fly](/bip39-word/fly/)[hazard](/bip39-word/hazard/)[impose](/bip39-word/impose/)[law](/bip39-word/law/)[know](/bip39-word/know/)[jump](/bip39-word/jump/)[just](/bip39-word/just/)[keen](/bip39-word/keen/)[keep](/bip39-word/keep/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3CF

4-Letter Prefix

ketc

## About "ketchup" in BIP39

- "ketchup" has 7 letters, but the first three, **"ket"**, already identify it, because **"ke"** also begins [keen](/bip39-word/keen/), [keep](/bip39-word/keep/) and [key](/bip39-word/key/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #976 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nikdy 

[French](/french/) hésiter 

[Italian](/italian/) marcire 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんぞ 

[Korean](/korean/) 시일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) guisado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) laguna 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #974 keen ](/bip39-word/keen/)[ #975 keep ](/bip39-word/keep/)[ #977 key ](/bip39-word/key/)[ #978 kick ](/bip39-word/kick/)[ #979 kid ](/bip39-word/kid/)[ #980 kidney ](/bip39-word/kidney/)[ #992 know ](/bip39-word/know/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)
- [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/)

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