--- title: "BIP39 Word #660: fame — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fame/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #660 01010010011 # fame — BIP39 word #660 "**fame**" is word #660 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [false](/bip39-word/false/) and [family](/bip39-word/family/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010010011`, decimal index 659\. /feɪm/ · _noun:_ the state of being known by many people [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): слава ## 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): [sponsor](/bip39-word/sponsor/)[bar](/bip39-word/bar/)[include](/bip39-word/include/)[draw](/bip39-word/draw/)[foil](/bip39-word/foil/)[filter](/bip39-word/filter/)[expire](/bip39-word/expire/)[fat](/bip39-word/fat/)[fancy](/bip39-word/fancy/)[fall](/bip39-word/fall/)[false](/bip39-word/false/) Position Hex Index 0x293 4-Letter Prefix fame ## About "fame" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "fame": **"fam"** also begins [family](/bip39-word/family/) and [famous](/bip39-word/famous/). - **"fame"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins fameux in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #660 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) koupelna [French](/french/) emprise [Italian](/italian/) fiore [Japanese](/japanese/) こなごな [Korean](/korean/) 보존 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) eclodir [Spanish](/spanish/) exceso [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 述 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 述 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 7 BIP39 words differ from "fame" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [face](/bip39-word/face/)[fade](/bip39-word/fade/)[flame](/bip39-word/flame/)[frame](/bip39-word/frame/)[game](/bip39-word/game/)[name](/bip39-word/name/)[same](/bip39-word/same/) Read aloud, "fame" /feɪm/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [aim /eɪm/](/bip39-word/aim/)[faith /feɪθ/](/bip39-word/faith/)[farm /fɑːm/](/bip39-word/farm/)[firm /fɜːm/](/bip39-word/firm/)[foam /fəʊm/](/bip39-word/foam/) Words sharing the first three letters "fam": [family](/bip39-word/family/)[famous](/bip39-word/famous/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #656 faint ](/bip39-word/faint/)[ #657 faith ](/bip39-word/faith/)[ #658 fall ](/bip39-word/fall/)[ #659 false ](/bip39-word/false/)[ #661 family ](/bip39-word/family/)[ #662 famous ](/bip39-word/famous/)[ #663 fan ](/bip39-word/fan/)[ #664 fancy ](/bip39-word/fancy/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/) - [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/) - [Is My Seed Phrase Compromised? Signs and What to Do Next](/bip39-seed-phrase-compromise/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)