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title: "BIP39 Word #556: earth — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/earth/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #556 01000101011 

# earth — BIP39 word #556

"**earth**" is word #556 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [earn](/bip39-word/earn/) and [easily](/bip39-word/easily/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000101011`, decimal index 555\. 

/ɜːθ/  · _noun:_ the planet we live on, or the soil in which plants grow 

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

## Binary Representation

Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.

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

[shell](/bip39-word/shell/)[air](/bip39-word/air/)[grace](/bip39-word/grace/)[fever](/bip39-word/fever/)[estate](/bip39-word/estate/)[door](/bip39-word/door/)[electric](/bip39-word/electric/)[dutch](/bip39-word/dutch/)[echo](/bip39-word/echo/)[early](/bip39-word/early/)[earn](/bip39-word/earn/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x22B

4-Letter Prefix

eart

## About "earth" in BIP39

- "earth" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"eart"**, already identify it, because **"ear"** also begins [early](/bip39-word/early/) and [earn](/bip39-word/earn/).

## Word #556 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kanibal 

[French](/french/) devoir 

[Italian](/italian/) emotivo 

[Japanese](/japanese/) けとばす 

[Korean](/korean/) 바구니 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) cutelo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) divino 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "earth" /ɜːθ/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[birth /bɜːθ/](/bip39-word/birth/)[earn /ɜːn/](/bip39-word/earn/)[urge /ɜːʤ/](/bip39-word/urge/)[worth /wɜːθ/](/bip39-word/worth/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "ear":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #552 eager ](/bip39-word/eager/)[ #553 eagle ](/bip39-word/eagle/)[ #554 early ](/bip39-word/early/)[ #555 earn ](/bip39-word/earn/)[ #557 easily ](/bip39-word/easily/)[ #558 east ](/bip39-word/east/)[ #559 easy ](/bip39-word/easy/)[ #560 echo ](/bip39-word/echo/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)
- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)