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title: "BIP39 Word #638: exile — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/exile/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #638 01001111101 

# exile — BIP39 word #638

"**exile**" is word #638 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [exhibit](/bip39-word/exhibit/) and [exist](/bip39-word/exist/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01001111101`, decimal index 637\. 

/ˈɛksaɪl/  · _noun:_ being forced to live away from your own country 

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

## Binary Representation

Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.

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

[soul](/bip39-word/soul/)[autumn](/bip39-word/autumn/)[hurry](/bip39-word/hurry/)[garden](/bip39-word/garden/)[element](/bip39-word/element/)[entry](/bip39-word/entry/)[ethics](/bip39-word/ethics/)[exchange](/bip39-word/exchange/)[execute](/bip39-word/execute/)[exit](/bip39-word/exit/)[exhibit](/bip39-word/exhibit/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x27D

4-Letter Prefix

exil

## About "exile" in BIP39

- "exile" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"exil"**, already identify it, because **"exi"** also begins [exist](/bip39-word/exist/) and [exit](/bip39-word/exit/).
- **"exil"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins exiler in the [French list](/french/) and exilio in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #638 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) konina 

[French](/french/) élaborer 

[Italian](/italian/) fede 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こころ 

[Korean](/korean/) 변경 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) dizer 

[Spanish](/spanish/) esfera 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "exi":

[exist](/bip39-word/exist/)[exit](/bip39-word/exit/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "E"

[ #634 execute ](/bip39-word/execute/)[ #635 exercise ](/bip39-word/exercise/)[ #636 exhaust ](/bip39-word/exhaust/)[ #637 exhibit ](/bip39-word/exhibit/)[ #639 exist ](/bip39-word/exist/)[ #640 exit ](/bip39-word/exit/)[ #641 exotic ](/bip39-word/exotic/)[ #642 expand ](/bip39-word/expand/) 

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

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