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title: "BIP39 Word #706: flag — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/flag/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #706 01011000001 

# flag — BIP39 word #706

"**flag**" is word #706 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [fix](/bip39-word/fix/) and [flame](/bip39-word/flame/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01011000001`, decimal index 705\. 

/flæg/  · _noun:_ a piece of cloth with a design, used as a symbol of a country 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): флаг 

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[subway](/bip39-word/subway/)[blouse](/bip39-word/blouse/)[join](/bip39-word/join/)[else](/bip39-word/else/)[expand](/bip39-word/expand/)[found](/bip39-word/found/)[focus](/bip39-word/focus/)[float](/bip39-word/float/)[flavor](/bip39-word/flavor/)[flash](/bip39-word/flash/)[fix](/bip39-word/fix/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x2C1

4-Letter Prefix

flag

## About "flag" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "flag": **"fla"** also begins [flame](/bip39-word/flame/), [flash](/bip39-word/flash/), [flat](/bip39-word/flat/) and [flavor](/bip39-word/flavor/).
- "flag" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #19 (word 3 of 12). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #19

[cat](/bip39-word/cat/) [swing](/bip39-word/swing/) flag [economy](/bip39-word/economy/) [stadium](/bip39-word/stadium/) [alone](/bip39-word/alone/) [churn](/bip39-word/churn/) [speed](/bip39-word/speed/) [unique](/bip39-word/unique/) [patch](/bip39-word/patch/) [report](/bip39-word/report/) [train](/bip39-word/train/) 

## Word #706 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kuna 

[French](/french/) épisode 

[Italian](/italian/) fucsia 

[Japanese](/japanese/) さいかい 

[Korean](/korean/) 분야 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) enlatar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) fibra 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 塊 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 块 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "flag" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[flat](/bip39-word/flat/) 

Read aloud, "flag" /flæg/ is one sound away from this word: 

[flash /flæʃ/](/bip39-word/flash/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "fla":

[flame](/bip39-word/flame/)[flash](/bip39-word/flash/)[flat](/bip39-word/flat/)[flavor](/bip39-word/flavor/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F"

[ #702 fish ](/bip39-word/fish/)[ #703 fit ](/bip39-word/fit/)[ #704 fitness ](/bip39-word/fitness/)[ #705 fix ](/bip39-word/fix/)[ #707 flame ](/bip39-word/flame/)[ #708 flash ](/bip39-word/flash/)[ #709 flat ](/bip39-word/flat/)[ #710 flavor ](/bip39-word/flavor/) 

[View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [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/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)