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title: "BIP39 Word #617: escape — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/escape/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #617 01001101000 

# escape — BIP39 word #617

"**escape**" is word #617 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [erupt](/bip39-word/erupt/) and [essay](/bip39-word/essay/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001101000`, decimal index 616\. 

/ɪsˈkeɪp/  · _verb:_ to get away from a place or from danger 

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

## 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):

[snack](/bip39-word/snack/)[artist](/bip39-word/artist/)[home](/bip39-word/home/)[fringe](/bip39-word/fringe/)[eagle](/bip39-word/eagle/)[empower](/bip39-word/empower/)[excuse](/bip39-word/excuse/)[equal](/bip39-word/equal/)[eternal](/bip39-word/eternal/)[essence](/bip39-word/essence/)[essay](/bip39-word/essay/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x268

4-Letter Prefix

esca

## About "escape" in BIP39

- "escape" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"esc"**, already identify it, because **"es"** also begins [essay](/bip39-word/essay/), [essence](/bip39-word/essence/) and [estate](/bip39-word/estate/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- **"esca"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins escalier in the [French list](/french/), escala in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), esca in the [Italian list](/italian/) and escama in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #617 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kohout 

[French](/french/) école 

[Italian](/italian/) fabbrica 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こうどう 

[Korean](/korean/) 백제 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) didata 

[Spanish](/spanish/) enfermo 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #613 erode ](/bip39-word/erode/)[ #614 erosion ](/bip39-word/erosion/)[ #615 error ](/bip39-word/error/)[ #616 erupt ](/bip39-word/erupt/)[ #618 essay ](/bip39-word/essay/)[ #619 essence ](/bip39-word/essence/)[ #620 estate ](/bip39-word/estate/)[ #621 eternal ](/bip39-word/eternal/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)
- [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)