--- title: "BIP39 Word #653: face — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/face/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #653 01010001100 # face — BIP39 word #653 "**face**" is word #653 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [fabric](/bip39-word/fabric/) and [faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010001100`, decimal index 652\. /feɪs/ · _noun:_ the front of the head, from the forehead to the chin [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): лицо ## 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): [spice](/bip39-word/spice/)[bag](/bip39-word/bag/)[immense](/bip39-word/immense/)[dose](/bip39-word/dose/)[flower](/bip39-word/flower/)[few](/bip39-word/few/)[fatal](/bip39-word/fatal/)[explain](/bip39-word/explain/)[extra](/bip39-word/extra/)[fade](/bip39-word/fade/)[faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/) Position Hex Index 0x28C 4-Letter Prefix face ## About "face" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "face": **"fac"** also begins [faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/). - **"face"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins facette in the [French list](/french/) and faceta in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #653 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) korzet [French](/french/) émission [Italian](/italian/) fiducia [Japanese](/japanese/) こつぶ [Korean](/korean/) 보람 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) duelar [Spanish](/spanish/) etnia [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 留 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 留 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "face" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [fade](/bip39-word/fade/)[fame](/bip39-word/fame/)[race](/bip39-word/race/) Read aloud, "face" /feɪs/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [base /beɪs/](/bip39-word/base/)[case /keɪs/](/bip39-word/case/)[chase /ʧeɪs/](/bip39-word/chase/)[faith /feɪθ/](/bip39-word/faith/)[force /fɔːs/](/bip39-word/force/) Words sharing the first three letters "fac": [faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #652 fabric ](/bip39-word/fabric/)[ #654 faculty ](/bip39-word/faculty/)[ #655 fade ](/bip39-word/fade/)[ #656 faint ](/bip39-word/faint/)[ #657 faith ](/bip39-word/faith/)[ #755 furnace ](/bip39-word/furnace/)[ #756 fury ](/bip39-word/fury/)[ #757 future ](/bip39-word/future/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP): Process and Deployed BIP List](/bitcoin-improvement-proposal/) - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) - [Recover Lost Bitcoin: Find Wallet Backups and Seed Phrases](/recover-lost-bitcoin-find-wallet-backups/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)