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title: "BIP39 Word #681: fence — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fence/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #681 01010101000 

# fence — BIP39 word #681

"**fence**" is word #681 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [female](/bip39-word/female/) and [festival](/bip39-word/festival/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010101000`, decimal index 680\. 

/fɛns/  · _noun:_ a barrier of wood or wire around an area of land 

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

## 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):

[steak](/bip39-word/steak/)[bench](/bip39-word/bench/)[insect](/bip39-word/insect/)[eagle](/bip39-word/eagle/)[fringe](/bip39-word/fringe/)[extra](/bip39-word/extra/)[finish](/bip39-word/finish/)[favorite](/bip39-word/favorite/)[few](/bip39-word/few/)[fetch](/bip39-word/fetch/)[festival](/bip39-word/festival/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x2A8

4-Letter Prefix

fenc

## About "fence" in BIP39

- "fence" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"fen"**, already identify it, because **"fe"** also begins 11 other words, among them [feature](/bip39-word/feature/), [february](/bip39-word/february/), [federal](/bip39-word/federal/) and [fee](/bip39-word/fee/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #681 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) krmivo 

[French](/french/) ennemi 

[Italian](/italian/) fonia 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こやま 

[Korean](/korean/) 부끄러움 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) emergir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) faltar 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "fence" /fɛns/ is one sound away from this word: 

[sense /sɛns/](/bip39-word/sense/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F"

[ #677 fee ](/bip39-word/fee/)[ #678 feed ](/bip39-word/feed/)[ #679 feel ](/bip39-word/feel/)[ #680 female ](/bip39-word/female/)[ #682 festival ](/bip39-word/festival/)[ #683 fetch ](/bip39-word/fetch/)[ #684 fever ](/bip39-word/fever/)[ #685 few ](/bip39-word/few/) 

[View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) 

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