--- title: "BIP39 Word #690: file — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/file/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #690 01010110001 # file — BIP39 word #690 "**file**" is word #690 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [figure](/bip39-word/figure/) and [film](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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): [stomach](/bip39-word/stomach/)[bike](/bip39-word/bike/)[involve](/bip39-word/involve/)[economy](/bip39-word/economy/)[funny](/bip39-word/funny/)[fall](/bip39-word/fall/)[feature](/bip39-word/feature/)[fire](/bip39-word/fire/)[find](/bip39-word/find/)[filter](/bip39-word/filter/)[figure](/bip39-word/figure/) Position Hex Index 0x2B1 4-Letter Prefix file ## About "file" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "file": **"fil"** also begins [film](/bip39-word/film/) and [filter](/bip39-word/filter/). - **"file"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins filetage in the [French list](/french/), filete in the [Spanish list](/spanish/) and fileira in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #690 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) krupice [French](/french/) entraver [Italian](/italian/) forzare [Japanese](/japanese/) こわれる [Korean](/korean/) 부작용 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) encaixe [Spanish](/spanish/) fatiga [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 頂 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 顶 ## 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: [film](/bip39-word/film/)[fine](/bip39-word/fine/)[fire](/bip39-word/fire/) Read aloud, "file" /faɪl/ is one sound away from these 5 words: [aisle /aɪl/](/bip39-word/aisle/)[fall /fɔːl/](/bip39-word/fall/)[feel /fiːl/](/bip39-word/feel/)[final /ˈfaɪnl/](/bip39-word/final/)[foil /fɔɪl/](/bip39-word/foil/) Words sharing the first three letters "fil": [film](/bip39-word/film/)[filter](/bip39-word/filter/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #686 fiber ](/bip39-word/fiber/)[ #687 fiction ](/bip39-word/fiction/)[ #688 field ](/bip39-word/field/)[ #689 figure ](/bip39-word/figure/)[ #691 film ](/bip39-word/film/)[ #692 filter ](/bip39-word/filter/)[ #693 final ](/bip39-word/final/)[ #694 find ](/bip39-word/find/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/) - [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)