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title: "BIP39 Word #535: drift — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/drift/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #535 01000010110 

# drift — BIP39 word #535

"**drift**" is word #535 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [dress](/bip39-word/dress/) and [drill](/bip39-word/drill/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000010110`, decimal index 534\. 

/drɪft/  · _verb:_ to be carried slowly by wind or water, or move aimlessly 

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

## 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):

[security](/bip39-word/security/)[actress](/bip39-word/actress/)[glare](/bip39-word/glare/)[fan](/bip39-word/fan/)[enlist](/bip39-word/enlist/)[egg](/bip39-word/egg/)[dolphin](/bip39-word/dolphin/)[duck](/bip39-word/duck/)[drastic](/bip39-word/drastic/)[dream](/bip39-word/dream/)[drill](/bip39-word/drill/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x216

4-Letter Prefix

drif

## About "drift" in BIP39

- "drift" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"drif"**, already identify it, because **"dri"** also begins [drill](/bip39-word/drill/), [drink](/bip39-word/drink/), [drip](/bip39-word/drip/) and [drive](/bip39-word/drive/).

## Word #535 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) jmenovat 

[French](/french/) départ 

[Italian](/italian/) editoria 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けさき 

[Korean](/korean/) 물음 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) criticar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) diablo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "drift" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[draft](/bip39-word/draft/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "dri":

[drill](/bip39-word/drill/)[drink](/bip39-word/drink/)[drip](/bip39-word/drip/)[drive](/bip39-word/drive/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D"

[ #531 drastic ](/bip39-word/drastic/)[ #532 draw ](/bip39-word/draw/)[ #533 dream ](/bip39-word/dream/)[ #534 dress ](/bip39-word/dress/)[ #536 drill ](/bip39-word/drill/)[ #537 drink ](/bip39-word/drink/)[ #538 drip ](/bip39-word/drip/)[ #539 drive ](/bip39-word/drive/) 

[View all words starting with "D" ](/bip39-words/d/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)
- [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/)
- [BIP 32 Explained: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets](/bip-32/)

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