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title: "BIP39 Word #773: gauge — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/gauge/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #773 01100000100 

# gauge — BIP39 word #773

"**gauge**" is word #773 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [gather](/bip39-word/gather/) and [gaze](/bip39-word/gaze/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01100000100`, decimal index 772\. 

/ɡeɪʤ/  · _noun:_ an instrument that measures an amount, such as fuel or pressure 

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

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[they](/bip39-word/they/)[calm](/bip39-word/calm/)[dog](/bip39-word/dog/)[identify](/bip39-word/identify/)[hammer](/bip39-word/hammer/)[goose](/bip39-word/goose/)[glad](/bip39-word/glad/)[ghost](/bip39-word/ghost/)[gas](/bip39-word/gas/)[general](/bip39-word/general/)[gaze](/bip39-word/gaze/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x304

4-Letter Prefix

gaug

## About "gauge" in BIP39

- "gauge" has 5 letters, but the first three, **"gau"**, already identify it, because **"ga"** also begins 16 other words, among them [gadget](/bip39-word/gadget/), [gain](/bip39-word/gain/), [galaxy](/bip39-word/galaxy/) and [gallery](/bip39-word/gallery/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #773 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) lodivod 

[French](/french/) exotique 

[Italian](/italian/) gonna 

[Japanese](/japanese/) さんせい 

[Korean](/korean/) 산부인과 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) examinar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) gajo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "gauge" /ɡeɪʤ/ is one sound away from these 8 words: 

[age /eɪʤ/](/bip39-word/age/)[cage /keɪʤ/](/bip39-word/cage/)[gain /geɪn/](/bip39-word/gain/)[game /geɪm/](/bip39-word/game/)[gate /geɪt/](/bip39-word/gate/)[gaze /geɪz/](/bip39-word/gaze/)[page /peɪʤ/](/bip39-word/page/)[wage /weɪʤ/](/bip39-word/wage/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "G"

[ #769 gas ](/bip39-word/gas/)[ #770 gasp ](/bip39-word/gasp/)[ #771 gate ](/bip39-word/gate/)[ #772 gather ](/bip39-word/gather/)[ #774 gaze ](/bip39-word/gaze/)[ #775 general ](/bip39-word/general/)[ #776 genius ](/bip39-word/genius/)[ #777 genre ](/bip39-word/genre/) 

[View all words starting with "G" ](/bip39-words/g/) 

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