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title: "BIP39 Word #990: knife — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/knife/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #990 01111011101 

# knife — BIP39 word #990

"**knife**" is word #990 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [knee](/bip39-word/knee/) and [knock](/bip39-word/knock/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011101`, decimal index 989\. 

/naɪf/  · _noun:_ a tool with a sharp blade used for cutting 

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

## 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):

[wing](/bip39-word/wing/)[desert](/bip39-word/desert/)[forum](/bip39-word/forum/)[hill](/bip39-word/hill/)[inhale](/bip39-word/inhale/)[leisure](/bip39-word/leisure/)[keen](/bip39-word/keen/)[kingdom](/bip39-word/kingdom/)[kite](/bip39-word/kite/)[know](/bip39-word/know/)[knee](/bip39-word/knee/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3DD

4-Letter Prefix

knif

## About "knife" in BIP39

- "knife" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"kni"**, already identify it, because **"kn"** also begins [knee](/bip39-word/knee/), [knock](/bip39-word/knock/) and [know](/bip39-word/know/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #990 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nozdra 

[French](/french/) horizon 

[Italian](/italian/) mecenate 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんゆう 

[Korean](/korean/) 식량 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) hidratar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) látex 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "knife" /naɪf/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[life /laɪf/](/bip39-word/life/)[nice /naɪs/](/bip39-word/nice/)[night /naɪt/](/bip39-word/night/)[wife /waɪf/](/bip39-word/wife/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #974 keen ](/bip39-word/keen/)[ #986 kite ](/bip39-word/kite/)[ #987 kitten ](/bip39-word/kitten/)[ #988 kiwi ](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[ #989 knee ](/bip39-word/knee/)[ #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

- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)
- [Can You Guess a Seed Phrase? Probability and Real Risks](/can-you-guess-a-seed-phrase-probability-and-real-risks/)
- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)

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