---
title: "BIP39 Word #989: knee — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/knee/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #989 01111011100 

# knee — BIP39 word #989

"**knee**" is word #989 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/) and [knife](/bip39-word/knife/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011100`, decimal index 988\. 

/niː/  · _noun:_ the joint in the middle of the leg where it bends 

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

## 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):

[wine](/bip39-word/wine/)[describe](/bip39-word/describe/)[fortune](/bip39-word/fortune/)[high](/bip39-word/high/)[inform](/bip39-word/inform/)[legend](/bip39-word/legend/)[kangaroo](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[kind](/bip39-word/kind/)[kitchen](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[knock](/bip39-word/knock/)[knife](/bip39-word/knife/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3DC

4-Letter Prefix

knee

## About "knee" in BIP39

- "knee" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"kne"**, already identify it, because **"kn"** also begins [knife](/bip39-word/knife/), [knock](/bip39-word/knock/) and [know](/bip39-word/know/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "knee" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #17 (word 3 of 18). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #17

[horn](/bip39-word/horn/) [tenant](/bip39-word/tenant/) knee [talent](/bip39-word/talent/) [sponsor](/bip39-word/sponsor/) [spell](/bip39-word/spell/) [gate](/bip39-word/gate/) [clip](/bip39-word/clip/) [pulse](/bip39-word/pulse/) [soap](/bip39-word/soap/) [slush](/bip39-word/slush/) [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) [silver](/bip39-word/silver/) [nephew](/bip39-word/nephew/) [swap](/bip39-word/swap/) [uncle](/bip39-word/uncle/) [crack](/bip39-word/crack/) [brave](/bip39-word/brave/) 

## Word #989 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) novota 

[French](/french/) horde 

[Italian](/italian/) meccanico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんやく 

[Korean](/korean/) 식당 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) hibernar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lata 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "knee" /niː/ is one sound away from these 7 words: 

[fee /fiː/](/bip39-word/fee/)[key /kiː/](/bip39-word/key/)[know /nəʊ/](/bip39-word/know/)[near /nɪə/](/bip39-word/near/)[need /niːd/](/bip39-word/need/)[now /naʊ/](/bip39-word/now/)[sea /siː/](/bip39-word/sea/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #985 kitchen ](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[ #986 kite ](/bip39-word/kite/)[ #987 kitten ](/bip39-word/kitten/)[ #988 kiwi ](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/)[ #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

- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)
- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)
- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)

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