--- title: "BIP39 Word #725: fold — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fold/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #725 01011010100 # fold — BIP39 word #725 "**fold**" is word #725 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [foil](/bip39-word/foil/) and [follow](/bip39-word/follow/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01011010100`, decimal index 724\. /fəʊld/ · _verb:_ to bend something flat over itself so that one part covers another [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): складывать ## 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): [surround](/bip39-word/surround/)[box](/bip39-word/box/)[kind](/bip39-word/kind/)[enhance](/bip39-word/enhance/)[family](/bip39-word/family/)[future](/bip39-word/future/)[flat](/bip39-word/flat/)[fortune](/bip39-word/fortune/)[foam](/bip39-word/foam/)[food](/bip39-word/food/)[follow](/bip39-word/follow/) Position Hex Index 0x2D4 4-Letter Prefix fold ## About "fold" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "fold": **"fol"** also begins [follow](/bip39-word/follow/). - "fold" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #14 (word 10 of 18). 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 #14 [gravity](/bip39-word/gravity/) [machine](/bip39-word/machine/) [north](/bip39-word/north/) [sort](/bip39-word/sort/) [system](/bip39-word/system/) [female](/bip39-word/female/) [filter](/bip39-word/filter/) [attitude](/bip39-word/attitude/) [volume](/bip39-word/volume/) fold [club](/bip39-word/club/) [stay](/bip39-word/stay/) [feature](/bip39-word/feature/) [office](/bip39-word/office/) [ecology](/bip39-word/ecology/) [stable](/bip39-word/stable/) [narrow](/bip39-word/narrow/) [fog](/bip39-word/fog/) ## Word #725 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) lakomec [French](/french/) essayer [Italian](/italian/) galoppo [Japanese](/japanese/) さくら [Korean](/korean/) 비디오 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) enxerto [Spanish](/spanish/) firma [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 逐 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 逐 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 4 BIP39 words differ from "fold" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [food](/bip39-word/food/)[gold](/bip39-word/gold/)[hold](/bip39-word/hold/)[old](/bip39-word/old/) Read aloud, "fold" /fəʊld/ is one sound away from this word: [field /fiːld/](/bip39-word/field/) Words sharing the first three letters "fol": [follow](/bip39-word/follow/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #721 foam ](/bip39-word/foam/)[ #722 focus ](/bip39-word/focus/)[ #723 fog ](/bip39-word/fog/)[ #724 foil ](/bip39-word/foil/)[ #726 follow ](/bip39-word/follow/)[ #727 food ](/bip39-word/food/)[ #728 foot ](/bip39-word/foot/)[ #729 force ](/bip39-word/force/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/) - [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/) - [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)