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title: "BIP39 Word #622: ethics — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/ethics/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #622 01001101101 

# ethics — BIP39 word #622

"**ethics**" is word #622 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [eternal](/bip39-word/eternal/) and [evidence](/bip39-word/evidence/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001101101`, decimal index 621\. 

/ˈɛθɪks/  · _noun:_ moral principles that guide a person's behavior 

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

## Binary Representation

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

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

[soap](/bip39-word/soap/)[asset](/bip39-word/asset/)[horror](/bip39-word/horror/)[frozen](/bip39-word/frozen/)[east](/bip39-word/east/)[endless](/bip39-word/endless/)[exile](/bip39-word/exile/)[erosion](/bip39-word/erosion/)[essay](/bip39-word/essay/)[evil](/bip39-word/evil/)[eternal](/bip39-word/eternal/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x26D

4-Letter Prefix

ethi

## About "ethics" in BIP39

- "ethics" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"eth"**, already identify it, because **"et"** also begins [eternal](/bip39-word/eternal/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #622 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) koleda 

[French](/french/) écrémer 

[Italian](/italian/) fanale 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こうもく 

[Korean](/korean/) 번개 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) diminuir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) enredo 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #618 essay ](/bip39-word/essay/)[ #619 essence ](/bip39-word/essence/)[ #620 estate ](/bip39-word/estate/)[ #621 eternal ](/bip39-word/eternal/)[ #623 evidence ](/bip39-word/evidence/)[ #624 evil ](/bip39-word/evil/)[ #625 evoke ](/bip39-word/evoke/)[ #626 evolve ](/bip39-word/evolve/) 

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

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