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title: "BIP39 Word #1425: rare — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/rare/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1425 10110010000 

# rare — BIP39 word #1425

"**rare**" is word #1425 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [rapid](/bip39-word/rapid/) and [rate](/bip39-word/rate/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10110010000`, decimal index 1424\. 

/reə/  · _adjective:_ not found or happening often, or lightly cooked 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[craft](/bip39-word/craft/)[velvet](/bip39-word/velvet/)[must](/bip39-word/must/)[pear](/bip39-word/pear/)[ring](/bip39-word/ring/)[render](/bip39-word/render/)[quote](/bip39-word/quote/)[reason](/bip39-word/reason/)[raw](/bip39-word/raw/)[rather](/bip39-word/rather/)[rate](/bip39-word/rate/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x590

4-Letter Prefix

rare

## About "rare" in BIP39

- "rare" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"rar"**, already identify it, because **"ra"** also begins 20 other words, among them [rabbit](/bip39-word/rabbit/), [raccoon](/bip39-word/raccoon/), [race](/bip39-word/race/) and [rack](/bip39-word/rack/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1425 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) rokle 

[French](/french/) papoter 

[Italian](/italian/) reprimere 

[Japanese](/japanese/) にっしょく 

[Korean](/korean/) 잔뜩 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) ovular 

[Spanish](/spanish/) pestaña 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

 2 BIP39 words differ from "rare" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: 

[race](/bip39-word/race/)[rate](/bip39-word/rate/) 

Read aloud, "rare" /reə/ is one sound away from these 10 words: 

[air /eə/](/bip39-word/air/)[chair /ʧeə/](/bip39-word/chair/)[hair /heə/](/bip39-word/hair/)[pair /peə/](/bip39-word/pair/)[pear /peə/](/bip39-word/pear/)[raw /rɔː/](/bip39-word/raw/)[share /ʃeə/](/bip39-word/share/)[there /ðeə/](/bip39-word/there/)[wear /weə/](/bip39-word/wear/)[where /weə/](/bip39-word/where/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "R"

[ #1421 ranch ](/bip39-word/ranch/)[ #1422 random ](/bip39-word/random/)[ #1423 range ](/bip39-word/range/)[ #1424 rapid ](/bip39-word/rapid/)[ #1426 rate ](/bip39-word/rate/)[ #1427 rather ](/bip39-word/rather/)[ #1428 raven ](/bip39-word/raven/)[ #1429 raw ](/bip39-word/raw/) 

[View all words starting with "R" ](/bip39-words/r/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Store a Seed Phrase: Paper, Steel and Safe Locations](/store-a-seed-phrase/)
- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)
