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title: "BIP39 Word #555: earn — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/earn/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #555 01000101010 

# earn — BIP39 word #555

"**earn**" is word #555 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [early](/bip39-word/early/) and [earth](/bip39-word/earth/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000101010`, decimal index 554\. 

/ɜːn/  · _verb:_ to get money in return for work 

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

## 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):

[shed](/bip39-word/shed/)[aim](/bip39-word/aim/)[grab](/bip39-word/grab/)[fetch](/bip39-word/fetch/)[essence](/bip39-word/essence/)[donor](/bip39-word/donor/)[elder](/bip39-word/elder/)[dust](/bip39-word/dust/)[easy](/bip39-word/easy/)[eagle](/bip39-word/eagle/)[earth](/bip39-word/earth/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x22A

4-Letter Prefix

earn

## About "earn" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "earn": **"ear"** also begins [early](/bip39-word/early/) and [earth](/bip39-word/earth/).

## Word #555 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kamna 

[French](/french/) deviner 

[Italian](/italian/) emiro 

[Japanese](/japanese/) げどく 

[Korean](/korean/) 바가지 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) custear 

[Spanish](/spanish/) diva 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

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

Read aloud, "earn" /ɜːn/ is one sound away from these 5 words: 

[churn /ʧɜːn/](/bip39-word/churn/)[earth /ɜːθ/](/bip39-word/earth/)[own /əʊn/](/bip39-word/own/)[turn /tɜːn/](/bip39-word/turn/)[urge /ɜːʤ/](/bip39-word/urge/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "ear":

[early](/bip39-word/early/)[earth](/bip39-word/earth/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #552 eager ](/bip39-word/eager/)[ #553 eagle ](/bip39-word/eagle/)[ #554 early ](/bip39-word/early/)[ #556 earth ](/bip39-word/earth/)[ #557 easily ](/bip39-word/easily/)[ #558 east ](/bip39-word/east/)[ #559 easy ](/bip39-word/easy/)[ #651 eyebrow ](/bip39-word/eyebrow/) 

[View all words starting with "E" ](/bip39-words/e/) 

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- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)
- [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/)
- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)