Word #699 01010111010
firm — BIP39 word #699
"firm" is word #699 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between fire and first.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
01010111010,
decimal index 698.
/fɜːm/ · adjective, noun: solid and not soft, or a business or company
Russian: фирма
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):
Position
#699 of 2048
Hex Index
0x2BA
4-Letter Prefix
firm
About "firm" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "firm": "fir" also begins fire and first.
- "firm" is unique only within the English list: it also begins firme in the French list, firma in the Spanish list and firmeza in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #699 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "firm" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "firm" /fɜːm/ is one sound away from these 3 words: