Word #672 01010011111

fault — BIP39 word #672

"fault" is word #672 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between fatigue and favorite. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 01010011111, decimal index 671.

/fɔːlt/ · noun: responsibility for a mistake, or a defect in something

Russian: вина

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):

Position

#672 of 2048

Hex Index

0x29F

4-Letter Prefix

faul

About "fault" in BIP39

  • "fault" has 5 letters, but the first three, "fau", already identify it, because "fa" also begins 21 other words, among them fabric, face, faculty and fade. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

Word #672 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech kredit
French enfermer
Italian focaccia
Japanese ごますり
Korean 본사
Portuguese elenco
Spanish fábula

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

One BIP39 word differs from "fault" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:

Read aloud, "fault" /fɔːlt/ is one sound away from these 3 words:

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