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title: "BIP39 Word #987: kitten — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/kitten/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #987 01111011010 

# kitten — BIP39 word #987

"**kitten**" is word #987 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kite](/bip39-word/kite/) and [kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011010`, decimal index 986\. 

/ˈkɪtᵊn/  · _noun:_ a young cat, especially one only a few weeks old 

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

## 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):

[win](/bip39-word/win/)[deputy](/bip39-word/deputy/)[forget](/bip39-word/forget/)[hero](/bip39-word/hero/)[infant](/bip39-word/infant/)[leg](/bip39-word/leg/)[junk](/bip39-word/junk/)[kid](/bip39-word/kid/)[knock](/bip39-word/knock/)[kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3DA

4-Letter Prefix

kitt

## About "kitten" in BIP39

- "kitten" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"kitt"**, already identify it, because **"kit"** also begins [kit](/bip39-word/kit/), [kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/) and [kite](/bip39-word/kite/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [kit](/bip39-word/kit/). Write "kitten" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

## Word #987 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nouze 

[French](/french/) honorer 

[Italian](/italian/) mazurca 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんめんじょ 

[Korean](/korean/) 식구 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) hesitar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) larva 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "kit":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #983 kiss ](/bip39-word/kiss/)[ #984 kit ](/bip39-word/kit/)[ #985 kitchen ](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[ #986 kite ](/bip39-word/kite/)[ #988 kiwi ](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[ #989 knee ](/bip39-word/knee/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/)[ #991 knock ](/bip39-word/knock/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)
- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)

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