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title: "BIP39 Word #140: badge — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/badge/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #140 00010001011 

# badge — BIP39 word #140

"**badge**" is word #140 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/) and [bag](/bip39-word/bag/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010001011`, decimal index 139\. 

/bæʤ/  · _noun:_ a small piece of metal or cloth showing identity or membership 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[multiply](/bip39-word/multiply/)[fabric](/bip39-word/fabric/)[cousin](/bip39-word/cousin/)[accident](/bip39-word/accident/)[bonus](/bip39-word/bonus/)[betray](/bip39-word/betray/)[beach](/bip39-word/beach/)[away](/bip39-word/away/)[ball](/bip39-word/ball/)[bachelor](/bip39-word/bachelor/)[bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x08B

4-Letter Prefix

badg

## About "badge" in BIP39

- "badge" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"bad"**, already identify it, because **"ba"** also begins 18 other words, among them [baby](/bip39-word/baby/), [bachelor](/bip39-word/bachelor/), [bacon](/bip39-word/bacon/) and [bag](/bip39-word/bag/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #191 (index 190), not #140\. A wallet set to French reads "badge" as **00010111110** instead of **00010001011**, and decodes index 139 as "armoire".

## Word #140 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) cejch 

[French](/french/) armoire 

[Italian](/italian/) arredato 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いわかん 

[Korean](/korean/) 공업 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) angular 

[Spanish](/spanish/) arco 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "badge" /bæʤ/ is one sound away from this word: 

[bag /bæg/](/bip39-word/bag/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #137 baby ](/bip39-word/baby/)[ #138 bachelor ](/bip39-word/bachelor/)[ #139 bacon ](/bip39-word/bacon/)[ #141 bag ](/bip39-word/bag/)[ #142 balance ](/bip39-word/balance/)[ #143 balcony ](/bip39-word/balcony/)[ #144 ball ](/bip39-word/ball/)[ #253 buzz ](/bip39-word/buzz/) 

[View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase Scams: How Thieves Get Your Recovery Words](/seed-phrase-scams/)
- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)

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