Word #690 01010110001
file — BIP39 word #690
"file" is word #690 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between figure and film.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01010110001,
decimal index 689.
/faɪl/ · noun: a folder or box for papers, or a collection of computer data
Russian: файл
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):
Position
#690 of 2048
Hex Index
0x2B1
4-Letter Prefix
file
About "file" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "file": "fil" also begins film and filter.
- "file" is unique only within the English list: it also begins filetage in the French list, filete in the Spanish list and fileira in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #690 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "file" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "file" /faɪl/ is one sound away from these 5 words: