Word #726 01011010101

follow — BIP39 word #726

"follow" is word #726 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between fold and food. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 01011010101, decimal index 725.

/ˈfɒləʊ/ · verb: to go or come after someone, or act according to instructions

Russian: следовать

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

#726 of 2048

Hex Index

0x2D5

4-Letter Prefix

foll

About "follow" in BIP39

  • "follow" has 6 letters, but the first four, "foll", already identify it, because "fol" also begins fold.
  • "foll" is unique only within the English list: it also begins folleto in the Spanish list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

Word #726 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech lamela
French essence
Italian gambero
Japanese さこく
Korean 비로소
Portuguese enxofre
Spanish flaco

Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

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

Words sharing the first three letters "fol":

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