--- title: "BIP39 Word #992: know — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/know/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #992 01111011111 # know — BIP39 word #992 "**know**" is word #992 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [knock](/bip39-word/knock/) and [lab](/bip39-word/lab/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011111`, decimal index 991\. /nəʊ/ · _verb:_ to have information in your mind, or be familiar with someone [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): знать ## Binary Representation Nine 1-bits and two 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly nine 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [winner](/bip39-word/winner/)[desk](/bip39-word/desk/)[fossil](/bip39-word/fossil/)[hip](/bip39-word/hip/)[initial](/bip39-word/initial/)[lend](/bip39-word/lend/)[ketchup](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[kit](/bip39-word/kit/)[kiwi](/bip39-word/kiwi/)[knife](/bip39-word/knife/)[knock](/bip39-word/knock/) Position Hex Index 0x3DF 4-Letter Prefix know ## About "know" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "know": **"kno"** also begins [knock](/bip39-word/knock/). ## Word #992 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) nudle [French](/french/) hormone [Italian](/italian/) meditare [Japanese](/japanese/) ぜんら [Korean](/korean/) 식물 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) hino [Spanish](/spanish/) laurel [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 奪 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 夺 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "know" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [now](/bip39-word/now/)[snow](/bip39-word/snow/) Read aloud, "know" /nəʊ/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [knee /niː/](/bip39-word/knee/)[near /nɪə/](/bip39-word/near/)[nose /nəʊz/](/bip39-word/nose/)[note /nəʊt/](/bip39-word/note/)[toe /təʊ/](/bip39-word/toe/) Words sharing the first three letters "kno": [knock](/bip39-word/knock/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K" [ #973 kangaroo ](/bip39-word/kangaroo/)[ #974 keen ](/bip39-word/keen/)[ #975 keep ](/bip39-word/keep/)[ #976 ketchup ](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[ #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 - [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/) - [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/) - [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)