Have You Made This Seed Phrase Mistake?

[endut15]

I haven’t made this exact mistake, but I can easily see how it happens. Our brains are surprisingly good at skipping repeated words when reading. I now number every word from 1 to 12 and check the list twice before storing it. Glad you were able to recover access and spot the missing word in time.

[PX-Z]

If its first setting up and first time writing on paper, what first to mind is checking if the address generated are the same by importing it on another device with the same wallet. That's how i check if the seed i write are correct.

As for your mistake, it can be resolved by double and triple checking the provided seed and what you have written, i'll always do that. And so far, i've never got a problem related to backing up mnemonic seed.

[Orpichukwu]

Are you guys not double-checking it? Or even try to re restore it; let's say the wallet is already set up. Before funding it, try to remove that wallet first and restore using the words you just wrote.
Last time I set up my wallet, I did and so far so good.
This is for sure commno problem, there are some Bitcoin wallets after backing it up, they will ask you again to enter so they are sure what you wrote are all correct.

Until I encountered a mistake that led to me almost losing access to my bitcoin wallet, I didn't usually do that. The luck I had was the first phone I used to create that wallet was dumped at home and not wiped yet. While in a different town from where I am based, I tried to access the wallet from where the phrase was written down. I noticed it was a totally different wallet. After struggling a few times and almost giving up, I was struck with the idea that I might have misplaced a word or two, which I later confirmed after I went back to grab the phone, which I used the backup option to correct.

[ColdLava40]

It could have been worse.

Have you made a mistake such as this?

Good thing that's where it got to. I mean much worse mistake if you couldn't find the seed you have written down and your PC went bad as well.

Our seed phrase or keys are the most important things when it comes to crypto. If you don't take good care of them, that is where your number one problem will start from. At least a good number of us understands how important they are and choose self custody.

It's good to double check and take precautions when handling your seedphrase. Don't do anything in such aspect under in a rush.