--- title: "BIP39 Word #998: lake — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/lake/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #998 01111100101 # lake — BIP39 word #998 "**lake**" is word #998 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [lady](/bip39-word/lady/) and [lamp](/bip39-word/lamp/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111100101`, decimal index 997\. /leɪk/ · _noun:_ a large area of water surrounded by land [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): озеро ## Binary Representation Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [witness](/bip39-word/witness/)[device](/bip39-word/device/)[frequent](/bip39-word/frequent/)[hole](/bip39-word/hole/)[input](/bip39-word/input/)[judge](/bip39-word/judge/)[leaf](/bip39-word/leaf/)[laundry](/bip39-word/laundry/)[label](/bip39-word/label/)[language](/bip39-word/language/)[lady](/bip39-word/lady/) Position Hex Index 0x3E5 4-Letter Prefix lake ## About "lake" in BIP39 - "lake" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"lak"**, already identify it, because **"la"** also begins 19 other words, among them [lab](/bip39-word/lab/), [label](/bip39-word/label/), [labor](/bip39-word/labor/) and [ladder](/bip39-word/ladder/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #998 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) obal [French](/french/) humain [Italian](/italian/) meno [Japanese](/japanese/) そいね [Korean](/korean/) 식품 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) homem [Spanish](/spanish/) lector [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 賽 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 赛 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "lake" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cake](/bip39-word/cake/)[like](/bip39-word/like/)[make](/bip39-word/make/) Read aloud, "lake" /leɪk/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [layer /ˈleɪə/](/bip39-word/layer/)[lock /lɒk/](/bip39-word/lock/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "L" [ #994 label ](/bip39-word/label/)[ #995 labor ](/bip39-word/labor/)[ #996 ladder ](/bip39-word/ladder/)[ #997 lady ](/bip39-word/lady/)[ #999 lamp ](/bip39-word/lamp/)[ #1000 language ](/bip39-word/language/)[ #1001 laptop ](/bip39-word/laptop/)[ #1002 large ](/bip39-word/large/) [View all words starting with "L" ](/bip39-words/l/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [TON Seed Phrase: 24-Word Format vs 12-Word BIP39 Phrases](/seed-phrase-format-for-ton-wallets/) - [Recover Lost Bitcoin: Find Wallet Backups and Seed Phrases](/recover-lost-bitcoin-find-wallet-backups/) - [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)