--- title: "BIP39 Words Starting with N — 41 Mnemonic Seed Phrase Words" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-words/n/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- # BIP39 Words Starting with N (41 words) The 41 BIP39 words that start with N run from #1174 [naive](/bip39-word/naive/) to #1214 [nut](/bip39-word/nut/) in the English wordlist: indexes 1173 to 1213, or **10010010101** to **10010111101** in binary, so all of them begin with the bits 10010\. That is 2.0% of the 2048 words, the 19th-largest of the 25 letter groups. Word length goes from 3 letters ([net](/bip39-word/net/), [now](/bip39-word/now/) and [nut](/bip39-word/nut/)) to 8 ([negative](/bip39-word/negative/)). Five three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest is **"not"**, with 4 words: [notable](/bip39-word/notable/), [note](/bip39-word/note/), [nothing](/bip39-word/nothing/) and [notice](/bip39-word/notice/). The 12 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 29 are identified by the first three. The short word [net](/bip39-word/net/) also begins longer ones, so a four-letter backup keeps it whole. 19 of the 41 words have look-alikes one letter away, such as [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) and [net](/bip39-word/net/) or [next](/bip39-word/next/); all pairs are listed below. Read aloud, 31 pairs differ by a single sound, for example [near](/bip39-word/near/) /nɪə/ and [now](/bip39-word/now/) /naʊ/ or [deer](/bip39-word/deer/) /dɪə/. Four spellings are shared with the [French BIP39 list](/french/), at different indexes: [nation](/bip39-word/nation/), [nature](/bip39-word/nature/), [noble](/bip39-word/noble/) and [notable](/bip39-word/notable/). Four of the words appear in the official BIP39 test vectors: [narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/), [nation](/bip39-word/nation/), [nephew](/bip39-word/nephew/) and [north](/bip39-word/north/). ## All 41 BIP39 words starting with N | # | Word | Binary | IPA | Prefix | | ---- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------ | | 1174 | [naive](/bip39-word/naive/) | 10010010101 | /naɪˈiːv/ | naiv | | 1175 | [name](/bip39-word/name/) | 10010010110 | /neɪm/ | name | | 1176 | [napkin](/bip39-word/napkin/) | 10010010111 | /ˈnæpkɪn/ | napk | | 1177 | [narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/) | 10010011000 | /ˈnærəʊ/ | narr | | 1178 | [nasty](/bip39-word/nasty/) | 10010011001 | /ˈnɑːsti/ | nast | | 1179 | [nation](/bip39-word/nation/) | 10010011010 | /ˈneɪʃən/ | nati | | 1180 | [nature](/bip39-word/nature/) | 10010011011 | /ˈneɪʧə/ | natu | | 1181 | [near](/bip39-word/near/) | 10010011100 | /nɪə/ | near | | 1182 | [neck](/bip39-word/neck/) | 10010011101 | /nɛk/ | neck | | 1183 | [need](/bip39-word/need/) | 10010011110 | /niːd/ | need | | 1184 | [negative](/bip39-word/negative/) | 10010011111 | /ˈnɛgətɪv/ | nega | | 1185 | [neglect](/bip39-word/neglect/) | 10010100000 | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | negl | | 1186 | [neither](/bip39-word/neither/) | 10010100001 | /ˈnaɪðə/ | neit | | 1187 | [nephew](/bip39-word/nephew/) | 10010100010 | /ˈnɛfjuː/ | neph | | 1188 | [nerve](/bip39-word/nerve/) | 10010100011 | /nɜːv/ | nerv | | 1189 | [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) | 10010100100 | /nɛst/ | nest | | 1190 | [net](/bip39-word/net/) | 10010100101 | /nɛt/ | net | | 1191 | [network](/bip39-word/network/) | 10010100110 | /ˈnɛtwɜːk/ | netw | | 1192 | [neutral](/bip39-word/neutral/) | 10010100111 | /ˈnjuːtrəl/ | neut | | 1193 | [never](/bip39-word/never/) | 10010101000 | /ˈnɛvə/ | neve | | 1194 | [news](/bip39-word/news/) | 10010101001 | /njuːz/ | news | | 1195 | [next](/bip39-word/next/) | 10010101010 | /nɛkst/ | next | | 1196 | [nice](/bip39-word/nice/) | 10010101011 | /naɪs/ | nice | | 1197 | [night](/bip39-word/night/) | 10010101100 | /naɪt/ | nigh | | 1198 | [noble](/bip39-word/noble/) | 10010101101 | /ˈnəʊbᵊl/ | nobl | | 1199 | [noise](/bip39-word/noise/) | 10010101110 | /nɔɪz/ | nois | | 1200 | [nominee](/bip39-word/nominee/) | 10010101111 | /ˌnɒmɪˈniː/ | nomi | | 1201 | [noodle](/bip39-word/noodle/) | 10010110000 | /ˈnuːdᵊl/ | nood | | 1202 | [normal](/bip39-word/normal/) | 10010110001 | /ˈnɔːməl/ | norm | | 1203 | [north](/bip39-word/north/) | 10010110010 | /nɔːθ/ | nort | | 1204 | [nose](/bip39-word/nose/) | 10010110011 | /nəʊz/ | nose | | 1205 | [notable](/bip39-word/notable/) | 10010110100 | /ˈnəʊtəbᵊl/ | nota | | 1206 | [note](/bip39-word/note/) | 10010110101 | /nəʊt/ | note | | 1207 | [nothing](/bip39-word/nothing/) | 10010110110 | /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ | noth | | 1208 | [notice](/bip39-word/notice/) | 10010110111 | /ˈnəʊtɪs/ | noti | | 1209 | [novel](/bip39-word/novel/) | 10010111000 | /ˈnɒvəl/ | nove | | 1210 | [now](/bip39-word/now/) | 10010111001 | /naʊ/ | now | | 1211 | [nuclear](/bip39-word/nuclear/) | 10010111010 | /ˈnjuːklɪə/ | nucl | | 1212 | [number](/bip39-word/number/) | 10010111011 | /ˈnʌmbə/ | numb | | 1213 | [nurse](/bip39-word/nurse/) | 10010111100 | /nɜːs/ | nurs | | 1214 | [nut](/bip39-word/nut/) | 10010111101 | /nʌt/ | nut | ## Similar-looking words to check These 39 pairs differ by one letter, with at least one word starting with N. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it. - [arrow](/bip39-word/arrow/) [narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/) - [best](/bip39-word/best/) [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) - [dice](/bip39-word/dice/) [nice](/bip39-word/nice/) - [dose](/bip39-word/dose/) [nose](/bip39-word/nose/) - [eight](/bip39-word/eight/) [night](/bip39-word/night/) - [either](/bip39-word/either/) [neither](/bip39-word/neither/) - [fame](/bip39-word/fame/) [name](/bip39-word/name/) - [feed](/bip39-word/feed/) [need](/bip39-word/need/) - [fever](/bip39-word/fever/) [never](/bip39-word/never/) - [game](/bip39-word/game/) [name](/bip39-word/name/) - [ice](/bip39-word/ice/) [nice](/bip39-word/nice/) - [know](/bip39-word/know/) [now](/bip39-word/now/) - [light](/bip39-word/light/) [night](/bip39-word/night/) - [lumber](/bip39-word/lumber/) [number](/bip39-word/number/) - [name](/bip39-word/name/) [same](/bip39-word/same/) - [near](/bip39-word/near/) [pear](/bip39-word/pear/) - [near](/bip39-word/near/) [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) - [near](/bip39-word/near/) [year](/bip39-word/year/) - [need](/bip39-word/need/) [seed](/bip39-word/seed/) - [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) [net](/bip39-word/net/) - [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) [next](/bip39-word/next/) - [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) [test](/bip39-word/test/) - [nest](/bip39-word/nest/) [west](/bip39-word/west/) - [net](/bip39-word/net/) [next](/bip39-word/next/) - [net](/bip39-word/net/) [nut](/bip39-word/nut/) - [net](/bip39-word/net/) [pet](/bip39-word/pet/) - [net](/bip39-word/net/) [wet](/bip39-word/wet/) - [next](/bip39-word/next/) [text](/bip39-word/text/) - [nice](/bip39-word/nice/) [rice](/bip39-word/rice/) - [night](/bip39-word/night/) [right](/bip39-word/right/) - [night](/bip39-word/night/) [sight](/bip39-word/sight/) - [noise](/bip39-word/noise/) [nose](/bip39-word/nose/) - [north](/bip39-word/north/) [worth](/bip39-word/worth/) - [nose](/bip39-word/nose/) [note](/bip39-word/note/) - [nose](/bip39-word/nose/) [rose](/bip39-word/rose/) - [note](/bip39-word/note/) [vote](/bip39-word/vote/) - [now](/bip39-word/now/) [snow](/bip39-word/snow/) - [nurse](/bip39-word/nurse/) [purse](/bip39-word/purse/) - [nut](/bip39-word/nut/) [put](/bip39-word/put/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist (all 2048 words) ](/#wordlist)