<p>I created a wallet weeks back and seemingly restored the seed onto my other 2 devices. Recently I got to notice that I had mistakenly logged into another wallet with identical seed words but I different word sequence. Unfortunately when I noticed the discrepancy I wasn't able to tell which seed I generated and which I stumbled upon. From a security stand point should I abandon both wallets? or is there a way to secure both. Note I have funded one the other is empty. </p>

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2020-02-08T17:42:33.217Z
Can you clarify what you mean by "with identical seed words but I different word sequence"?
Septem151
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2020-02-08T23:54:03.797Z
Ok. Let me try.
martin odum
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2020-02-09T00:00:39.073Z
Example the seed 12 words are  A B C D H I J K P Q R S W X Y Z, when I typed in the exact words but wrong sequence ( i.e placing words I and H in wrong order)   A B C D I H J K P Q R S W X Y Z, it restored successfully a different wallet
martin odum
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2020-02-09T09:50:10.603Z
This is highly improbable. There is a checksum in the wallet mnemonic which prevents this sort of inversion from happening, with something like a 1:16,000 probability.
Claris
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2020-02-09T22:47:36.337Z
I don't think the checksum prevents it, perhaps makes it highly improbable. Well you can imagine my surprise when I noticed it. Is there a way to add another layer of security to the seed, as I cannot figure out which one I actually generated
martin odum
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2020-02-28T19:45:50.080Z
I would suggest generating a new seed, then tansferring your funds to a new wallet.
ecavero
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similar seed words minor sequence difference
martin odum
# similar seed words minor sequence difference

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-08)

I created a wallet weeks back and seemingly restored the seed onto my other 2 devices. Recently I got to notice that I had mistakenly logged into another wallet with identical seed words but I different word sequence. Unfortunately when I noticed the discrepancy I wasn't able to tell which seed I generated and which I stumbled upon. From a security stand point should I abandon both wallets? or is there a way to secure both. Note I have funded one the other is empty.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you clarify what you mean by "with identical seed words but I different word sequence"?  
> **username_0**: Ok. Let me try.  
> **username_0**: Example the seed 12 words are  A B C D H I J K P Q R S W X Y Z, when I typed in the exact words but wrong sequence ( i.e placing words I and H in wrong order)   A B C D I H J K P Q R S W X Y Z, it restored successfully a different wallet  
> **username_2**: This is highly improbable. There is a checksum in the wallet mnemonic which prevents this sort of inversion from happening, with something like a 1:16,000 probability.  
> **username_0**: I don't think the checksum prevents it, perhaps makes it highly improbable. Well you can imagine my surprise when I noticed it. Is there a way to add another layer of security to the seed, as I cannot figure out which one I actually generated  
> **username_3**: I would suggest generating a new seed, then tansferring your funds to a new wallet.  

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