--- title: "BIP39 Word #655: fade — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fade/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #655 01010001110 # fade — BIP39 word #655 "**fade**" is word #655 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/) and [faint](/bip39-word/faint/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010001110`, decimal index 654\. /feɪd/ · _verb:_ to gradually lose color, brightness or strength [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): угасать ## 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): [spike](/bip39-word/spike/)[balcony](/bip39-word/balcony/)[impact](/bip39-word/impact/)[dove](/bip39-word/dove/)[flush](/bip39-word/flush/)[fiction](/bip39-word/fiction/)[fatigue](/bip39-word/fatigue/)[express](/bip39-word/express/)[eyebrow](/bip39-word/eyebrow/)[face](/bip39-word/face/)[faint](/bip39-word/faint/) Position Hex Index 0x28E 4-Letter Prefix fade ## About "fade" in BIP39 - "fade" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"fad"**, already identify it, because **"fa"** also begins 21 other words, among them [fabric](/bip39-word/fabric/), [face](/bip39-word/face/), [faculty](/bip39-word/faculty/) and [faint](/bip39-word/faint/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #655 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kostka [French](/french/) émotion [Italian](/italian/) figurato [Japanese](/japanese/) こてん [Korean](/korean/) 보상 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) dueto [Spanish](/spanish/) evaluar [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 曾 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 曾 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "fade" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [face](/bip39-word/face/)[fame](/bip39-word/fame/) Read aloud, "fade" /feɪd/ is one sound away from these 4 words: [faith /feɪθ/](/bip39-word/faith/)[feed /fiːd/](/bip39-word/feed/)[food /fuːd/](/bip39-word/food/)[maid /meɪd/](/bip39-word/maid/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #652 fabric ](/bip39-word/fabric/)[ #653 face ](/bip39-word/face/)[ #654 faculty ](/bip39-word/faculty/)[ #656 faint ](/bip39-word/faint/)[ #657 faith ](/bip39-word/faith/)[ #658 fall ](/bip39-word/fall/)[ #659 false ](/bip39-word/false/)[ #757 future ](/bip39-word/future/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/) - [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/) - [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)