BIP39 Words Starting with C (186 words)
The 186 BIP39 words that start with C run from #254 cabbage to #439 cycle in the English wordlist: indexes 253 to 438, or 00011111101 to 00110110110 in binary. That is 9.1% of the 2048 words, the 2nd-largest of the 25 letter groups. Word length goes from 3 letters (can, car and 3 more) to 8 (category, champion and 5 more).
40 three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest, with 9 words each, are "cha" and "cra". The 163 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 22 are identified by the first three, and one (cycle) by the first two.
63 of the 186 words have look-alikes one letter away, such as cage and cake. Swapping two neighbouring letters turns cat into act. Read aloud, 191 pairs differ by a single sound, for example cabbage and cabin. Eleven spellings are shared with the French BIP39 list, at different indexes: canal, capable, caution and 8 more. 21 of the words appear in the official BIP39 test vectors, among them cage and call.
All 186 BIP39 words starting with C
| # | Word | Binary | IPA | Prefix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | cabbage | 00011111101 | /ˈkæbɪʤ/ | cabb |
| 255 | cabin | 00011111110 | /ˈkæbɪn/ | cabi |
| 256 | cable | 00011111111 | /ˈkeɪbl/ | cabl |
| 257 | cactus | 00100000000 | /ˈkæktəs/ | cact |
| 258 | cage | 00100000001 | /keɪʤ/ | cage |
| 259 | cake | 00100000010 | /keɪk/ | cake |
| 260 | call | 00100000011 | /kɔːl/ | call |
| 261 | calm | 00100000100 | /kɑːm/ | calm |
| 262 | camera | 00100000101 | /ˈkæmərə/ | came |
| 263 | camp | 00100000110 | /kæmp/ | camp |
| 264 | can | 00100000111 | /kæn/ | can |
| 265 | canal | 00100001000 | /kəˈnæl/ | cana |
| 266 | cancel | 00100001001 | /ˈkænsəl/ | canc |
| 267 | candy | 00100001010 | /ˈkændi/ | cand |
| 268 | cannon | 00100001011 | /ˈkænən/ | cann |
| 269 | canoe | 00100001100 | /kəˈnuː/ | cano |
| 270 | canvas | 00100001101 | /ˈkænvəs/ | canv |
| 271 | canyon | 00100001110 | /ˈkænjən/ | cany |
| 272 | capable | 00100001111 | /ˈkeɪpəbl/ | capa |
| 273 | capital | 00100010000 | /ˈkæpɪtl/ | capi |
| 274 | captain | 00100010001 | /ˈkæptɪn/ | capt |
| 275 | car | 00100010010 | /kɑː/ | car |
| 276 | carbon | 00100010011 | /ˈkɑːbən/ | carb |
| 277 | card | 00100010100 | /kɑːd/ | card |
| 278 | cargo | 00100010101 | /ˈkɑːgəʊ/ | carg |
| 279 | carpet | 00100010110 | /ˈkɑːpɪt/ | carp |
| 280 | carry | 00100010111 | /ˈkæri/ | carr |
| 281 | cart | 00100011000 | /kɑːt/ | cart |
| 282 | case | 00100011001 | /keɪs/ | case |
| 283 | cash | 00100011010 | /kæʃ/ | cash |
| 284 | casino | 00100011011 | /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ | casi |
| 285 | castle | 00100011100 | /ˈkɑːsᵊl/ | cast |
| 286 | casual | 00100011101 | /ˈkæʒjʊəl/ | casu |
| 287 | cat | 00100011110 | /kæt/ | cat |
| 288 | catalog | 00100011111 | /ˈkætəlɒg/ | cata |
| 289 | catch | 00100100000 | /kæʧ/ | catc |
| 290 | category | 00100100001 | /ˈkætɪgəri/ | cate |
| 291 | cattle | 00100100010 | /ˈkætl/ | catt |
| 292 | caught | 00100100011 | /kɔːt/ | caug |
| 293 | cause | 00100100100 | /kɔːz/ | caus |
| 294 | caution | 00100100101 | /ˈkɔːʃᵊn/ | caut |
| 295 | cave | 00100100110 | /keɪv/ | cave |
| 296 | ceiling | 00100100111 | /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ | ceil |
| 297 | celery | 00100101000 | /ˈsɛlᵊri/ | cele |
| 298 | cement | 00100101001 | /sɪˈmɛnt/ | ceme |
| 299 | census | 00100101010 | /ˈsɛnsəs/ | cens |
| 300 | century | 00100101011 | /ˈsɛnʧʊri/ | cent |
| 301 | cereal | 00100101100 | /ˈsɪəriəl/ | cere |
| 302 | certain | 00100101101 | /ˈsɜːtn/ | cert |
| 303 | chair | 00100101110 | /ʧeə/ | chai |
| 304 | chalk | 00100101111 | /ʧɔːk/ | chal |
| 305 | champion | 00100110000 | /ˈʧæmpiən/ | cham |
| 306 | change | 00100110001 | /ʧeɪnʤ/ | chan |
| 307 | chaos | 00100110010 | /ˈkeɪɒs/ | chao |
| 308 | chapter | 00100110011 | /ˈʧæptə/ | chap |
| 309 | charge | 00100110100 | /ʧɑːʤ/ | char |
| 310 | chase | 00100110101 | /ʧeɪs/ | chas |
| 311 | chat | 00100110110 | /ʧæt/ | chat |
| 312 | cheap | 00100110111 | /ʧiːp/ | chea |
| 313 | check | 00100111000 | /ʧɛk/ | chec |
| 314 | cheese | 00100111001 | /ʧiːz/ | chee |
| 315 | chef | 00100111010 | /ʃɛf/ | chef |
| 316 | cherry | 00100111011 | /ˈʧɛri/ | cher |
| 317 | chest | 00100111100 | /ʧɛst/ | ches |
| 318 | chicken | 00100111101 | /ˈʧɪkɪn/ | chic |
| 319 | chief | 00100111110 | /ʧiːf/ | chie |
| 320 | child | 00100111111 | /ʧaɪld/ | chil |
| 321 | chimney | 00101000000 | /ˈʧɪmni/ | chim |
| 322 | choice | 00101000001 | /ʧɔɪs/ | choi |
| 323 | choose | 00101000010 | /ʧuːz/ | choo |
| 324 | chronic | 00101000011 | /ˈkrɒnɪk/ | chro |
| 325 | chuckle | 00101000100 | /ˈʧʌkᵊl/ | chuc |
| 326 | chunk | 00101000101 | /ʧʌŋk/ | chun |
| 327 | churn | 00101000110 | /ʧɜːn/ | chur |
| 328 | cigar | 00101000111 | /sɪˈɡɑː/ | ciga |
| 329 | cinnamon | 00101001000 | /ˈsɪnəmən/ | cinn |
| 330 | circle | 00101001001 | /ˈsɜːkl/ | circ |
| 331 | citizen | 00101001010 | /ˈsɪtɪzn/ | citi |
| 332 | city | 00101001011 | /ˈsɪti/ | city |
| 333 | civil | 00101001100 | /ˈsɪvl/ | civi |
| 334 | claim | 00101001101 | /kleɪm/ | clai |
| 335 | clap | 00101001110 | /klæp/ | clap |
| 336 | clarify | 00101001111 | /ˈklærɪfaɪ/ | clar |
| 337 | claw | 00101010000 | /klɔː/ | claw |
| 338 | clay | 00101010001 | /kleɪ/ | clay |
| 339 | clean | 00101010010 | /kliːn/ | clea |
| 340 | clerk | 00101010011 | /klɑːk/ | cler |
| 341 | clever | 00101010100 | /ˈklɛvə/ | clev |
| 342 | click | 00101010101 | /klɪk/ | clic |
| 343 | client | 00101010110 | /ˈklaɪənt/ | clie |
| 344 | cliff | 00101010111 | /klɪf/ | clif |
| 345 | climb | 00101011000 | /klaɪm/ | clim |
| 346 | clinic | 00101011001 | /ˈklɪnɪk/ | clin |
| 347 | clip | 00101011010 | /klɪp/ | clip |
| 348 | clock | 00101011011 | /klɒk/ | cloc |
| 349 | clog | 00101011100 | /klɒɡ/ | clog |
| 350 | close | 00101011101 | /kləʊs/ | clos |
| 351 | cloth | 00101011110 | /klɒθ/ | clot |
| 352 | cloud | 00101011111 | /klaʊd/ | clou |
| 353 | clown | 00101100000 | /klaʊn/ | clow |
| 354 | club | 00101100001 | /klʌb/ | club |
| 355 | clump | 00101100010 | /klʌmp/ | clum |
| 356 | cluster | 00101100011 | /ˈklʌstə/ | clus |
| 357 | clutch | 00101100100 | /klʌʧ/ | clut |
| 358 | coach | 00101100101 | /kəʊʧ/ | coac |
| 359 | coast | 00101100110 | /kəʊst/ | coas |
| 360 | coconut | 00101100111 | /ˈkəʊkənʌt/ | coco |
| 361 | code | 00101101000 | /kəʊd/ | code |
| 362 | coffee | 00101101001 | /ˈkɒfi/ | coff |
| 363 | coil | 00101101010 | /kɔɪl/ | coil |
| 364 | coin | 00101101011 | /kɔɪn/ | coin |
| 365 | collect | 00101101100 | /kəˈlɛkt/ | coll |
| 366 | color | 00101101101 | /ˈkʌlə/ | colo |
| 367 | column | 00101101110 | /ˈkɒləm/ | colu |
| 368 | combine | 00101101111 | /ˈkɒmbaɪn/ | comb |
| 369 | come | 00101110000 | /kʌm/ | come |
| 370 | comfort | 00101110001 | /ˈkʌmfət/ | comf |
| 371 | comic | 00101110010 | /ˈkɒmɪk/ | comi |
| 372 | common | 00101110011 | /ˈkɒmən/ | comm |
| 373 | company | 00101110100 | /ˈkʌmpəni/ | comp |
| 374 | concert | 00101110101 | /ˈkɒnsə(ː)t/ | conc |
| 375 | conduct | 00101110110 | /ˈkɒndʌkt/ | cond |
| 376 | confirm | 00101110111 | /kənˈfɜːm/ | conf |
| 377 | congress | 00101111000 | /ˈkɒŋɡrɛs/ | cong |
| 378 | connect | 00101111001 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conn |
| 379 | consider | 00101111010 | /kənˈsɪdə/ | cons |
| 380 | control | 00101111011 | /kənˈtrəʊl/ | cont |
| 381 | convince | 00101111100 | /kənˈvɪns/ | conv |
| 382 | cook | 00101111101 | /kʊk/ | cook |
| 383 | cool | 00101111110 | /kuːl/ | cool |
| 384 | copper | 00101111111 | /ˈkɒpə/ | copp |
| 385 | copy | 00110000000 | /ˈkɒpi/ | copy |
| 386 | coral | 00110000001 | /ˈkɒrəl/ | cora |
| 387 | core | 00110000010 | /kɔː/ | core |
| 388 | corn | 00110000011 | /kɔːn/ | corn |
| 389 | correct | 00110000100 | /kəˈrɛkt/ | corr |
| 390 | cost | 00110000101 | /kɒst/ | cost |
| 391 | cotton | 00110000110 | /ˈkɒtn/ | cott |
| 392 | couch | 00110000111 | /kaʊʧ/ | couc |
| 393 | country | 00110001000 | /ˈkʌntri/ | coun |
| 394 | couple | 00110001001 | /ˈkʌpl/ | coup |
| 395 | course | 00110001010 | /kɔːs/ | cour |
| 396 | cousin | 00110001011 | /ˈkʌzn/ | cous |
| 397 | cover | 00110001100 | /ˈkʌvə/ | cove |
| 398 | coyote | 00110001101 | /kɔɪˈəʊti/ | coyo |
| 399 | crack | 00110001110 | /kræk/ | crac |
| 400 | cradle | 00110001111 | /ˈkreɪdᵊl/ | crad |
| 401 | craft | 00110010000 | /krɑːft/ | craf |
| 402 | cram | 00110010001 | /kræm/ | cram |
| 403 | crane | 00110010010 | /kreɪn/ | cran |
| 404 | crash | 00110010011 | /kræʃ/ | cras |
| 405 | crater | 00110010100 | /ˈkreɪtə/ | crat |
| 406 | crawl | 00110010101 | /krɔːl/ | craw |
| 407 | crazy | 00110010110 | /ˈkreɪzi/ | craz |
| 408 | cream | 00110010111 | /kriːm/ | crea |
| 409 | credit | 00110011000 | /ˈkrɛdɪt/ | cred |
| 410 | creek | 00110011001 | /kriːk/ | cree |
| 411 | crew | 00110011010 | /kruː/ | crew |
| 412 | cricket | 00110011011 | /ˈkrɪkɪt/ | cric |
| 413 | crime | 00110011100 | /kraɪm/ | crim |
| 414 | crisp | 00110011101 | /krɪsp/ | cris |
| 415 | critic | 00110011110 | /ˈkrɪtɪk/ | crit |
| 416 | crop | 00110011111 | /krɒp/ | crop |
| 417 | cross | 00110100000 | /krɒs/ | cros |
| 418 | crouch | 00110100001 | /kraʊʧ/ | crou |
| 419 | crowd | 00110100010 | /kraʊd/ | crow |
| 420 | crucial | 00110100011 | /ˈkruːʃəl/ | cruc |
| 421 | cruel | 00110100100 | /krʊəl/ | crue |
| 422 | cruise | 00110100101 | /kruːz/ | crui |
| 423 | crumble | 00110100110 | /ˈkrʌmbᵊl/ | crum |
| 424 | crunch | 00110100111 | /krʌnʧ/ | crun |
| 425 | crush | 00110101000 | /krʌʃ/ | crus |
| 426 | cry | 00110101001 | /kraɪ/ | cry |
| 427 | crystal | 00110101010 | /ˈkrɪstl/ | crys |
| 428 | cube | 00110101011 | /kjuːb/ | cube |
| 429 | culture | 00110101100 | /ˈkʌlʧə/ | cult |
| 430 | cup | 00110101101 | /kʌp/ | cup |
| 431 | cupboard | 00110101110 | /ˈkʌbəd/ | cupb |
| 432 | curious | 00110101111 | /ˈkjʊərɪəs/ | curi |
| 433 | current | 00110110000 | /ˈkʌrənt/ | curr |
| 434 | curtain | 00110110001 | /ˈkɜːtn/ | curt |
| 435 | curve | 00110110010 | /kɜːv/ | curv |
| 436 | cushion | 00110110011 | /ˈkʊʃᵊn/ | cush |
| 437 | custom | 00110110100 | /ˈkʌstəm/ | cust |
| 438 | cute | 00110110101 | /kjuːt/ | cute |
| 439 | cycle | 00110110110 | /ˈsaɪkl/ | cycl |
Similar-looking words to check
These 121 pairs differ by one letter or by two swapped neighbouring letters, with at least one word starting with C. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it.
- able cable
- across cross
- age cage
- all call
- art cart
- ball call
- bar car
- base case
- battle cattle
- boil coil
- book cook
- brush crush
- cable table
- cage cake
- cage case
- cage cave
- cage page
- cage wage
- cake case
- cake cave
- cake lake
- cake make
- call calm
- call fall
- call wall
- calm palm
- camp damp
- camp lamp
- camp ramp
- can car
- can cat
- can fan
- can man
- can scan
- can van
- cannon canyon
- car card
- car cart
- car cat
- car jar
- card cart
- card hard
- card yard
- cart cat
- case cash
- case cause
- case cave
- case chase
- cash crash
- cash dash
- cash wash
- castle cattle
- cat chat
- cat fat
- cat hat
- catch match
- catch patch
- cause pause
- cave have
- cave pave
- cave save
- cave wave
- certain curtain
- chair hair
- change charge
- chat hat
- chat that
- chat what
- chef chief
- clap claw
- clap clay
- clap clip
- claw clay
- claw law
- clay play
- click clock
- climb limb
- clip flip
- clock flock
- clock lock
- cloud loud
- coach couch
- coast cost
- coast roast
- coast toast
- code come
- code core
- coil coin
- coil cool
- coil foil
- coil oil
- coin corn
- coin join
- come core
- come home
- cook cool
- cool pool
- cool tool
- cool wool
- coral moral
- core corn
- core more
- corn horn
- cost host
- cost post
- couch crouch
- cover hover
- cover over
- crack rack
- crack track
- craft draft
- cram cream
- crash crush
- crash trash
- cream dream
- crop drop
- cry dry
- cry try
- cube cute
- cube tube
- act cat (swapped letters)