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title: "BIP39 Word #6: absent — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/absent/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #6 00000000101 

# absent — BIP39 word #6

"**absent**" is word #6 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [above](/bip39-word/above/) and [absorb](/bip39-word/absorb/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00000000101`, decimal index 5\. 

/ˈæbsᵊnt/  · _adjective:_ not present in a place where expected 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): отсутствующий 

## Binary Representation

Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[level](/bip39-word/level/)[doll](/bip39-word/doll/)[camera](/bip39-word/camera/)[awful](/bip39-word/awful/)[anger](/bip39-word/anger/)[again](/bip39-word/again/)[actor](/bip39-word/actor/)[accuse](/bip39-word/accuse/)[ability](/bip39-word/ability/)[abstract](/bip39-word/abstract/)[above](/bip39-word/above/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x005

4-Letter Prefix

abse

## About "absent" in BIP39

- "absent" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"abse"**, already identify it, because **"abs"** also begins [absorb](/bip39-word/absorb/), [abstract](/bip39-word/abstract/) and [absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/).
- **"abse"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins absence in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #6 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) aktovka 

[French](/french/) aborder 

[Italian](/italian/) abolire 

[Japanese](/japanese/) あきる 

[Korean](/korean/) 가르침 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) abelha 

[Spanish](/spanish/) abono 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 了 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 了 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "abs":

[absorb](/bip39-word/absorb/)[abstract](/bip39-word/abstract/)[absurd](/bip39-word/absurd/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #2 ability ](/bip39-word/ability/)[ #3 able ](/bip39-word/able/)[ #4 about ](/bip39-word/about/)[ #5 above ](/bip39-word/above/)[ #7 absorb ](/bip39-word/absorb/)[ #8 abstract ](/bip39-word/abstract/)[ #9 absurd ](/bip39-word/absurd/)[ #10 abuse ](/bip39-word/abuse/) 

[View all words starting with "A" ](/bip39-words/a/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)
- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)