--- title: "BIP39 Word #702: fish — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fish/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #702 01010111101 # fish — BIP39 word #702 "**fish**" is word #702 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [fiscal](/bip39-word/fiscal/) and [fit](/bip39-word/fit/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01010111101`, decimal index 701\. /fɪʃ/ · _noun:_ a cold-blooded animal with fins and gills that lives in water [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): рыба ## Binary Representation Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [stumble](/bip39-word/stumble/)[bless](/bip39-word/bless/)[jeans](/bip39-word/jeans/)[element](/bip39-word/element/)[garden](/bip39-word/garden/)[father](/bip39-word/father/)[fiber](/bip39-word/fiber/)[find](/bip39-word/find/)[fire](/bip39-word/fire/)[fitness](/bip39-word/fitness/)[fiscal](/bip39-word/fiscal/) Position Hex Index 0x2BD 4-Letter Prefix fish ## About "fish" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "fish": **"fis"** also begins [fiscal](/bip39-word/fiscal/). ## Word #702 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kulich [French](/french/) épidémie [Italian](/italian/) fronde [Japanese](/japanese/) こんや [Korean](/korean/) 분량 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) engomado [Spanish](/spanish/) festín [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 冷 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 冷 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "fish" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [dish](/bip39-word/dish/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/) Read aloud, "fish" /fɪʃ/ is one sound away from this word: [fit /fɪt/](/bip39-word/fit/) Words sharing the first three letters "fis": [fiscal](/bip39-word/fiscal/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #698 fire ](/bip39-word/fire/)[ #699 firm ](/bip39-word/firm/)[ #700 first ](/bip39-word/first/)[ #701 fiscal ](/bip39-word/fiscal/)[ #703 fit ](/bip39-word/fit/)[ #704 fitness ](/bip39-word/fitness/)[ #705 fix ](/bip39-word/fix/)[ #706 flag ](/bip39-word/flag/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/) - [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/) - [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)