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title: "BIP39 Word #714: float — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/float/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #714 01011001001 

# float — BIP39 word #714

"**float**" is word #714 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [flip](/bip39-word/flip/) and [flock](/bip39-word/flock/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01011001001`, decimal index 713\. 

/fləʊt/  · _verb:_ to rest on the surface of a liquid or drift in the air 

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

## 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):

[summer](/bip39-word/summer/)[bomb](/bip39-word/bomb/)[junior](/bip39-word/junior/)[empty](/bip39-word/empty/)[eye](/bip39-word/eye/)[frog](/bip39-word/frog/)[forest](/bip39-word/forest/)[flag](/bip39-word/flag/)[fluid](/bip39-word/fluid/)[floor](/bip39-word/floor/)[flip](/bip39-word/flip/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x2C9

4-Letter Prefix

floa

## About "float" in BIP39

- "float" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"floa"**, already identify it, because **"flo"** also begins [flock](/bip39-word/flock/), [floor](/bip39-word/floor/) and [flower](/bip39-word/flower/).

## Word #714 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) kynolog 

[French](/french/) ériger 

[Italian](/italian/) funzione 

[Japanese](/japanese/) さいてき 

[Korean](/korean/) 불만 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) ensopado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) figura 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 One BIP39 word differs from "float" 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, "float" /fləʊt/ is one sound away from this word: 

[flight /flaɪt/](/bip39-word/flight/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "flo":

[flock](/bip39-word/flock/)[floor](/bip39-word/floor/)[flower](/bip39-word/flower/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F"

[ #710 flavor ](/bip39-word/flavor/)[ #711 flee ](/bip39-word/flee/)[ #712 flight ](/bip39-word/flight/)[ #713 flip ](/bip39-word/flip/)[ #715 flock ](/bip39-word/flock/)[ #716 floor ](/bip39-word/floor/)[ #717 flower ](/bip39-word/flower/)[ #718 fluid ](/bip39-word/fluid/) 

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

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