--- title: "BIP39 Word #1265: own — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/own/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #1265 10011110000 # own — BIP39 word #1265 "**own**" is word #1265 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [over](/bip39-word/over/) and [owner](/bip39-word/owner/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10011110000`, decimal index 1264\. /əʊn/ · _adjective:_ belonging to a particular person and no one else [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): свой ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/)[task](/bip39-word/task/)[safe](/bip39-word/safe/)[mix](/bip39-word/mix/)[noodle](/bip39-word/noodle/)[old](/bip39-word/old/)[orchard](/bip39-word/orchard/)[pair](/bip39-word/pair/)[ozone](/bip39-word/ozone/)[oxygen](/bip39-word/oxygen/)[owner](/bip39-word/owner/) Position Hex Index 0x4F0 4-Letter Prefix own ## About "own" in BIP39 - All three letters of "own" also begin longer words: [owner](/bip39-word/owner/). So "own" cannot be shortened, and a backup that keeps the first four letters of each word stores it as **"own"** but owner as **"owne"**. ## Word #1265 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) pojistka [French](/french/) monnaie [Italian](/italian/) persuaso [Japanese](/japanese/) ていひょう [Korean](/korean/) 움직임 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) metade [Spanish](/spanish/) oasis [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 勇 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 勇 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "own" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [gown](/bip39-word/gown/)[town](/bip39-word/town/) Read aloud, "own" /əʊn/ is one sound away from these 8 words: [bone /bəʊn/](/bip39-word/bone/)[earn /ɜːn/](/bip39-word/earn/)[loan /ləʊn/](/bip39-word/loan/)[oak /əʊk/](/bip39-word/oak/)[owner /ˈəʊnə/](/bip39-word/owner/)[phone /fəʊn/](/bip39-word/phone/)[tone /təʊn/](/bip39-word/tone/)[zone /zəʊn/](/bip39-word/zone/) Words sharing the first three letters "own": [owner](/bip39-word/owner/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "O" [ #1261 outside ](/bip39-word/outside/)[ #1262 oval ](/bip39-word/oval/)[ #1263 oven ](/bip39-word/oven/)[ #1264 over ](/bip39-word/over/)[ #1266 owner ](/bip39-word/owner/)[ #1267 oxygen ](/bip39-word/oxygen/)[ #1268 oyster ](/bip39-word/oyster/)[ #1269 ozone ](/bip39-word/ozone/) [View all words starting with "O" ](/bip39-words/o/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/) - [Private Key QR Code Risks: Why Online Generators Are Unsafe](/qr-code-private-key-security-risks/) - [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)