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title: "BIP39 Words Starting with Q — 8 Mnemonic Seed Phrase Words"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-words/q/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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# BIP39 Words Starting with Q (8 words)

The 8 BIP39 words that start with Q run from #1402 [quality](/bip39-word/quality/) to #1409 [quote](/bip39-word/quote/) in the English wordlist: indexes 1401 to 1408, or **10101111001** to **10110000000** in binary, so all of them begin with the bits 101\. That is 0.4% of the 2048 words, the 23rd-largest of the 25 letter groups. In list order they are [quality](/bip39-word/quality/), [quantum](/bip39-word/quantum/), [quarter](/bip39-word/quarter/), [question](/bip39-word/question/), [quick](/bip39-word/quick/), [quit](/bip39-word/quit/), [quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/) and [quote](/bip39-word/quote/), from 4 to 8 letters long.

Two three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest, with 3 words each, are **"qua"** ([quality](/bip39-word/quality/), [quantum](/bip39-word/quantum/) and [quarter](/bip39-word/quarter/)) and **"qui"** ([quick](/bip39-word/quick/), [quit](/bip39-word/quit/) and [quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/)). The 6 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 2 are identified by the first three.

Two of the 8 words have look-alikes one letter away: [quit](/bip39-word/quit/) ([quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/) and [suit](/bip39-word/suit/)). Read aloud, 7 pairs differ by a single sound, for example [quick](/bip39-word/quick/) /kwɪk/ and [quit](/bip39-word/quit/) /kwɪt/, [quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/) /kwɪz/ or [click](/bip39-word/click/) /klɪk/. One spelling is shared with the [French BIP39 list](/french/), at a different index: [question](/bip39-word/question/). One of the words appears in the official BIP39 test vectors: [quick](/bip39-word/quick/) (vector #18).

## All 8 BIP39 words starting with Q

| #    | Word                              | Binary      | IPA        | Prefix |
| ---- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ |
| 1402 | [quality](/bip39-word/quality/)   | 10101111001 | /ˈkwɒlɪti/ | qual   |
| 1403 | [quantum](/bip39-word/quantum/)   | 10101111010 | /ˈkwɒntəm/ | quan   |
| 1404 | [quarter](/bip39-word/quarter/)   | 10101111011 | /ˈkwɔːtə/  | quar   |
| 1405 | [question](/bip39-word/question/) | 10101111100 | /ˈkwɛsʧən/ | ques   |
| 1406 | [quick](/bip39-word/quick/)       | 10101111101 | /kwɪk/     | quic   |
| 1407 | [quit](/bip39-word/quit/)         | 10101111110 | /kwɪt/     | quit   |
| 1408 | [quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/)         | 10101111111 | /kwɪz/     | quiz   |
| 1409 | [quote](/bip39-word/quote/)       | 10110000000 | /kwəʊt/    | quot   |

## Similar-looking words to check

 These 2 pairs differ by one letter, with at least one word starting with Q. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it. 

- [quit](/bip39-word/quit/) [quiz](/bip39-word/quiz/)
- [quit](/bip39-word/quit/) [suit](/bip39-word/suit/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist (all 2048 words) ](/#wordlist)