--- title: "BIP39 Word #698: fire — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fire/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #698 01010111001 # fire — BIP39 word #698 "**fire**" is word #698 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [finish](/bip39-word/finish/) and [firm](/bip39-word/firm/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010111001`, decimal index 697\. /ˈfaɪə/ · _noun:_ the heat, light and flames produced when something burns [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): огонь ## Binary Representation Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [strong](/bip39-word/strong/)[blame](/bip39-word/blame/)[jaguar](/bip39-word/jaguar/)[elbow](/bip39-word/elbow/)[game](/bip39-word/game/)[farm](/bip39-word/farm/)[festival](/bip39-word/festival/)[file](/bip39-word/file/)[fish](/bip39-word/fish/)[first](/bip39-word/first/)[finish](/bip39-word/finish/) Position Hex Index 0x2B9 4-Letter Prefix fire ## About "fire" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "fire": **"fir"** also begins [firm](/bip39-word/firm/) and [first](/bip39-word/first/). ## Word #698 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kufr [French](/french/) épargne [Italian](/italian/) frenata [Japanese](/japanese/) こんなん [Korean](/korean/) 부회장 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) enfim [Spanish](/spanish/) feria [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 敵 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 敌 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "fire" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [file](/bip39-word/file/)[fine](/bip39-word/fine/)[firm](/bip39-word/firm/)[hire](/bip39-word/hire/)[wire](/bip39-word/wire/) Read aloud, "fire" /ˈfaɪə/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [buyer /ˈbaɪə/](/bip39-word/buyer/)[fiber /faɪbə/](/bip39-word/fiber/)[liar /ˈlaɪə/](/bip39-word/liar/) Words sharing the first three letters "fir": [firm](/bip39-word/firm/)[first](/bip39-word/first/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #694 find ](/bip39-word/find/)[ #695 fine ](/bip39-word/fine/)[ #696 finger ](/bip39-word/finger/)[ #697 finish ](/bip39-word/finish/)[ #699 firm ](/bip39-word/firm/)[ #700 first ](/bip39-word/first/)[ #701 fiscal ](/bip39-word/fiscal/)[ #702 fish ](/bip39-word/fish/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Phishing](/protect-crypto-wallet-from-phishing/) - [Monero Seed Phrase: 25 Words, Polyseed and Private Keys](/seed-phrase-and-private-key-format-of-monero-guide/) - [BIP85: Derive Many Seed Phrases From One Seed](/bip85/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)