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title: "BIP39 Word #689: figure — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/figure/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #689 01010110000 

# figure — BIP39 word #689

"**figure**" is word #689 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [field](/bip39-word/field/) and [file](/bip39-word/file/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010110000`, decimal index 688\. 

/ˈfɪgə/  · _noun:_ a number, or the shape of a person's body 

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

## 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):

[stock](/bip39-word/stock/)[bid](/bip39-word/bid/)[invite](/bip39-word/invite/)[ecology](/bip39-word/ecology/)[fun](/bip39-word/fun/)[faith](/bip39-word/faith/)[favorite](/bip39-word/favorite/)[finish](/bip39-word/finish/)[final](/bip39-word/final/)[film](/bip39-word/film/)[file](/bip39-word/file/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x2B0

4-Letter Prefix

figu

## About "figure" in BIP39

- "figure" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"fig"**, already identify it, because **"fi"** also begins 19 other words, among them [fiber](/bip39-word/fiber/), [fiction](/bip39-word/fiction/), [field](/bip39-word/field/) and [file](/bip39-word/file/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #821 (index 820), not #689\. A wallet set to French reads "figure" as **01100110100** instead of **01010110000**, and decodes index 688 as "entourer".
- **"figu"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins figura in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), figurato in the [Italian list](/italian/), figurado in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/) and figurant in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #689 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kruhadlo 

[French](/french/) entourer 

[Italian](/italian/) fortezza 

[Japanese](/japanese/) こわもて 

[Korean](/korean/) 부인 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) emulador 

[Spanish](/spanish/) fase 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "figure" /ˈfɪgə/ is one sound away from this word: 

[finger /ˈfɪŋgə/](/bip39-word/finger/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F"

[ #685 few ](/bip39-word/few/)[ #686 fiber ](/bip39-word/fiber/)[ #687 fiction ](/bip39-word/fiction/)[ #688 field ](/bip39-word/field/)[ #690 file ](/bip39-word/file/)[ #691 film ](/bip39-word/film/)[ #692 filter ](/bip39-word/filter/)[ #693 final ](/bip39-word/final/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)

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