<p>According to <a href="https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0003/CIP-0003.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CIP3: Wallet key generation</a>, Cardano is using seed words from <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BIP39</a>, therefore you can use words included in BIP39 only.</p>

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2021-06-01T15:30:19.940Z
2021-06-01T15:30:19.940Z
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>Is it possible to use a custom list of words to generate my Cardano wallet recovery phrase?</p>
<p>The reason I think this would be useful is, that one could use words from other languages.</p>
<p>As far as I know the recovery phrase has a checksum (the last word), so it's not possible to just replace some words with random other words in an existing recovery phrase.</p>

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Can I use a custom word list for my wallet recovery phrase?
# Can I use a custom word list for my wallet recovery phrase?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-01)

Is it possible to use a custom list of words to generate my Cardano wallet recovery phrase?

The reason I think this would be useful is, that one could use words from other languages.

As far as I know the recovery phrase has a checksum (the last word), so it's not possible to just replace some words with random other words in an existing recovery phrase.

**Tags:** wallet, ada, recovery

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-01. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

According to [CIP3: Wallet key generation](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0003/CIP-0003.md), Cardano is using seed words from [BIP39](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md), therefore you can use words included in BIP39 only.


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