--- title: "BIP39 Word #727: food — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/food/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #727 01011010110 # food — BIP39 word #727 "**food**" is word #727 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [follow](/bip39-word/follow/) and [foot](/bip39-word/foot/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01011010110`, decimal index 726\. /fuːd/ · _noun:_ things that people and animals eat to stay alive [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): еда ## 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): [suspect](/bip39-word/suspect/)[bracket](/bip39-word/bracket/)[kiss](/bip39-word/kiss/)[enlist](/bip39-word/enlist/)[fan](/bip39-word/fan/)[gain](/bip39-word/gain/)[flee](/bip39-word/flee/)[forward](/bip39-word/forward/)[fog](/bip39-word/fog/)[fold](/bip39-word/fold/)[foot](/bip39-word/foot/) Position Hex Index 0x2D6 4-Letter Prefix food ## About "food" in BIP39 - It takes all four letters to identify "food": **"foo"** also begins [foot](/bip39-word/foot/). ## Word #727 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) lampa [French](/french/) essieu [Italian](/italian/) gamma [Japanese](/japanese/) さこつ [Korean](/korean/) 비만 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) enxuto [Spanish](/spanish/) flauta [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 混 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 混 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 5 BIP39 words differ from "food" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [fold](/bip39-word/fold/)[foot](/bip39-word/foot/)[good](/bip39-word/good/)[hood](/bip39-word/hood/)[wood](/bip39-word/wood/) Read aloud, "food" /fuːd/ is one sound away from these 3 words: [fade /feɪd/](/bip39-word/fade/)[feed /fiːd/](/bip39-word/feed/)[rude /ruːd/](/bip39-word/rude/) Words sharing the first three letters "foo": [foot](/bip39-word/foot/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F" [ #723 fog ](/bip39-word/fog/)[ #724 foil ](/bip39-word/foil/)[ #725 fold ](/bip39-word/fold/)[ #726 follow ](/bip39-word/follow/)[ #728 foot ](/bip39-word/foot/)[ #729 force ](/bip39-word/force/)[ #730 forest ](/bip39-word/forest/)[ #731 forget ](/bip39-word/forget/) [View all words starting with "F" ](/bip39-words/f/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/) - [BIP-444 (Now BIP 110): Reduced Data Temporary Softfork Explained](/bip-444-reduced-data-temporary-softfork/) - [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)