--- title: "BIP39 Word #979: kid — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/kid/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #979 01111010010 # kid — BIP39 word #979 "**kid**" is word #979 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kick](/bip39-word/kick/) and [kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111010010`, decimal index 978\. /kɪd/ · _noun:_ an informal word for a child, or a young goat [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): ребёнок ## Binary Representation Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [where](/bip39-word/where/)[demise](/bip39-word/demise/)[fog](/bip39-word/fog/)[heart](/bip39-word/heart/)[inch](/bip39-word/inch/)[layer](/bip39-word/layer/)[joke](/bip39-word/joke/)[kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/)[kiss](/bip39-word/kiss/)[key](/bip39-word/key/)[kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/) Position Hex Index 0x3D2 4-Letter Prefix kid ## About "kid" in BIP39 - All three letters of "kid" also begin longer words: [kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/). So "kid" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"kid"** but kidney as **"kidn"**. ## Word #979 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) nitro [French](/french/) hibou [Italian](/italian/) marsupio [Japanese](/japanese/) せんてい [Korean](/korean/) 시절 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) guru [Spanish](/spanish/) lámina [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 奏 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 奏 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "kid" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [bid](/bip39-word/bid/)[kind](/bip39-word/kind/)[kit](/bip39-word/kit/) Read aloud, "kid" /kɪd/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [card /kɑːd/](/bip39-word/card/)[code /kəʊd/](/bip39-word/code/)[kick /kɪk/](/bip39-word/kick/)[kiss /kɪs/](/bip39-word/kiss/) Words sharing the first three letters "kid": [kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K" [ #975 keep ](/bip39-word/keep/)[ #976 ketchup ](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[ #977 key ](/bip39-word/key/)[ #978 kick ](/bip39-word/kick/)[ #980 kidney ](/bip39-word/kidney/)[ #981 kind ](/bip39-word/kind/)[ #982 kingdom ](/bip39-word/kingdom/)[ #983 kiss ](/bip39-word/kiss/) [View all words starting with "K" ](/bip39-words/k/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [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/) - [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)