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title: "BIP39 Word #986: kite — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/kite/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
---

Word #986 01111011001 

# kite — BIP39 word #986

"**kite**" is word #986 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/) and [kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011001`, decimal index 985\. 

/kaɪt/  · _noun:_ a light frame covered with cloth, flown in the wind on a string 

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

## 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):

[will](/bip39-word/will/)[depth](/bip39-word/depth/)[forest](/bip39-word/forest/)[hen](/bip39-word/hen/)[industry](/bip39-word/industry/)[left](/bip39-word/left/)[junior](/bip39-word/junior/)[kick](/bip39-word/kick/)[knife](/bip39-word/knife/)[kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3D9

4-Letter Prefix

kite

## About "kite" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "kite": **"kit"** also begins [kit](/bip39-word/kit/), [kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/) and [kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [kit](/bip39-word/kit/). Write "kite" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

## Word #986 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nosnost 

[French](/french/) honneur 

[Italian](/italian/) maturo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんむ 

[Korean](/korean/) 시험 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) heresia 

[Spanish](/spanish/) largo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "kite" /kaɪt/ is one sound away from these 9 words: 

[cart /kɑːt/](/bip39-word/cart/)[cat /kæt/](/bip39-word/cat/)[caught /kɔːt/](/bip39-word/caught/)[height /haɪt/](/bip39-word/height/)[light /laɪt/](/bip39-word/light/)[night /naɪt/](/bip39-word/night/)[right /raɪt/](/bip39-word/right/)[sight /saɪt/](/bip39-word/sight/)[write /raɪt/](/bip39-word/write/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "kit":

[kit](/bip39-word/kit/)[kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #982 kingdom ](/bip39-word/kingdom/)[ #983 kiss ](/bip39-word/kiss/)[ #984 kit ](/bip39-word/kit/)[ #985 kitchen ](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[ #987 kitten ](/bip39-word/kitten/)[ #988 kiwi ](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[ #989 knee ](/bip39-word/knee/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/) 

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

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