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title: "BIP39 Word #740: fragile — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/fragile/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #740 01011100011 

# fragile — BIP39 word #740

"**fragile**" is word #740 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [fox](/bip39-word/fox/) and [frame](/bip39-word/frame/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01011100011`, decimal index 739\. 

/ˈfræʤaɪl/  · _adjective:_ easily broken or damaged 

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

## 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):

[symbol](/bip39-word/symbol/)[broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/)[ladder](/bip39-word/ladder/)[erase](/bip39-word/erase/)[federal](/bip39-word/federal/)[flash](/bip39-word/flash/)[fury](/bip39-word/fury/)[frost](/bip39-word/frost/)[friend](/bip39-word/friend/)[found](/bip39-word/found/)[fox](/bip39-word/fox/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x2E3

4-Letter Prefix

frag

## About "fragile" in BIP39

- "fragile" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"frag"**, already identify it, because **"fra"** also begins [frame](/bip39-word/frame/).
- The same spelling is in the [French BIP39 wordlist](/french/), but as word #862 (index 861), not #740\. A wallet set to French reads "fragile" as **01101011101** instead of **01011100011**, and decodes index 739 as "éthique".
- **"frag"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins fragata in the [Portuguese list](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #740 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) legenda 

[French](/french/) éthique 

[Italian](/italian/) gelatina 

[Japanese](/japanese/) さつまいも 

[Korean](/korean/) 빗방울 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) escuta 

[Spanish](/spanish/) fondo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "fra":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "F"

[ #736 fossil ](/bip39-word/fossil/)[ #737 foster ](/bip39-word/foster/)[ #738 found ](/bip39-word/found/)[ #739 fox ](/bip39-word/fox/)[ #741 frame ](/bip39-word/frame/)[ #742 frequent ](/bip39-word/frequent/)[ #743 fresh ](/bip39-word/fresh/)[ #744 friend ](/bip39-word/friend/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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