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title: "BIP39 Word #1255: orphan — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/orphan/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1255 10011100110 

# orphan — BIP39 word #1255

"**orphan**" is word #1255 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [original](/bip39-word/original/) and [ostrich](/bip39-word/ostrich/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10011100110`, decimal index 1254\. 

/ˈɔːfᵊn/  · _noun:_ a child whose parents have both died 

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

## 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):

[broom](/bip39-word/broom/)[system](/bip39-word/system/)[rubber](/bip39-word/rubber/)[mimic](/bip39-word/mimic/)[network](/bip39-word/network/)[occur](/bip39-word/occur/)[paddle](/bip39-word/paddle/)[oven](/bip39-word/oven/)[ordinary](/bip39-word/ordinary/)[orient](/bip39-word/orient/)[ostrich](/bip39-word/ostrich/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x4E6

4-Letter Prefix

orph

## About "orphan" in BIP39

- "orphan" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"orp"**, already identify it, because **"or"** also begins 8 other words, among them [orange](/bip39-word/orange/), [orbit](/bip39-word/orbit/), [orchard](/bip39-word/orchard/) and [order](/bip39-word/order/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1255 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) podstata 

[French](/french/) minute 

[Italian](/italian/) pepita 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ていか 

[Korean](/korean/) 우정 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) menos 

[Spanish](/spanish/) nuca 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "orphan" /ˈɔːfᵊn/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[often /ˈɒfᵊn/](/bip39-word/often/)[organ /ˈɔːgən/](/bip39-word/organ/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "O"

[ #1251 ordinary ](/bip39-word/ordinary/)[ #1252 organ ](/bip39-word/organ/)[ #1253 orient ](/bip39-word/orient/)[ #1254 original ](/bip39-word/original/)[ #1256 ostrich ](/bip39-word/ostrich/)[ #1257 other ](/bip39-word/other/)[ #1258 outdoor ](/bip39-word/outdoor/)[ #1259 outer ](/bip39-word/outer/) 

[View all words starting with "O" ](/bip39-words/o/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)
- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)
- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)