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title: "BIP39 Word #612: erase — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/erase/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #612 01001100011 

# erase — BIP39 word #612

"**erase**" is word #612 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [era](/bip39-word/era/) and [erode](/bip39-word/erode/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001100011`, decimal index 611\. 

/ɪˈreɪz/  · _verb:_ to remove writing, recordings or data completely 

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

## 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):

[small](/bip39-word/small/)[arrest](/bip39-word/arrest/)[hockey](/bip39-word/hockey/)[fragile](/bip39-word/fragile/)[dutch](/bip39-word/dutch/)[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[example](/bip39-word/example/)[estate](/bip39-word/estate/)[erupt](/bip39-word/erupt/)[equip](/bip39-word/equip/)[era](/bip39-word/era/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x263

4-Letter Prefix

eras

## About "erase" in BIP39

- "erase" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"eras"**, already identify it, because **"era"** also begins [era](/bip39-word/era/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [era](/bip39-word/era/). Write "erase" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.

## Word #612 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) koberec 

[French](/french/) échelle 

[Italian](/italian/) evaso 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こうそく 

[Korean](/korean/) 배드민턴 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) devido 

[Spanish](/spanish/) enchufe 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "erase" /ɪˈreɪz/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[phrase /freɪz/](/bip39-word/phrase/)[praise /preɪz/](/bip39-word/praise/)[raise /reɪz/](/bip39-word/raise/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "era":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #608 episode ](/bip39-word/episode/)[ #609 equal ](/bip39-word/equal/)[ #610 equip ](/bip39-word/equip/)[ #611 era ](/bip39-word/era/)[ #613 erode ](/bip39-word/erode/)[ #614 erosion ](/bip39-word/erosion/)[ #615 error ](/bip39-word/error/)[ #616 erupt ](/bip39-word/erupt/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)