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# Why Are My Addresses Different After Recovering with a Seed Phrase?

If the address in your restored wallet doesn't match the one you used before, one of your recovery inputs, the seed phrase, address type, derivation path, or passphrase, differs from what created the original wallet. Compare the receiving address in your restored wallet with the original address you used to receive crypto to confirm you're actually seeing a different address.

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**Quick check before you go further:** if the address is the same as before, this isn't an address mismatch. The issue is more likely balance display, network sync, token display, or transaction confirmation. See [Why Is My Balance Not Showing?](https://support.ellipal.com/docs/troubleshooting-and-support/why-is-my-balance-not-showing) instead. If the address is genuinely different, continue below.
{% endhint %}

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### Common Reasons Your Recovered Address Is Different

1. **The seed phrase is different or entered incorrectly**: Check that every word is correct, in the right order, and from the same wallet account you're trying to recover.
2. **The wrong address type was selected during recovery**: Some recovery flows let you choose an address type, and picking a different one than the original wallet used will produce a different address.
3. **The derivation path is different**: ELLIPAL uses the standard derivation path `m/44'/coin_type'/0'/0/0`, a fixed formula that turns your seed phrase into wallet addresses. If your original wallet used a different derivation path, the recovered address won't match.
4. **The passphrase is missing or different**: If you set a passphrase (sometimes called the 25th word) on the original account, you must enter that exact same passphrase during recovery, since a passphrase creates an entirely separate wallet from the same seed phrase. Passphrases are case-sensitive, and spaces, symbols, and capital letters all matter.

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### How to Check if a Passphrase Is the Cause

Compare an address type that a passphrase doesn't affect, such as the XRP non-BIP44 address, against one that it does, such as the ETH address. On Titan 2.0, do this comparison in the ELLIPAL App; on X Card, compare within the App only, since X Card has no screen for on-device address verification.

* If the XRP non-BIP44 address **matches** but the ETH address is **different**, a passphrase is the likely cause.
* Try recovering the wallet again with the exact passphrase used when the original account was created.

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### How to Confirm It Worked

Once you've corrected the mismatched input and recovered the wallet again, the receiving address should match the one you originally used to receive crypto. Confirm your balance appears correctly on that address before resuming normal use.

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### FAQ

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<summary><strong>Does a different address always mean my funds are lost?</strong></summary>

No. In almost every case, the funds are still tied to your original seed phrase and address, they just haven't shown up yet because one recovery input didn't match. Correcting that input and recovering again will bring the correct address, and your balance, back.

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<summary><strong>How do I know if my original wallet used a passphrase?</strong></summary>

If you don't remember setting one, try recovering without a passphrase first. If the address still doesn't match, a passphrase is the most likely explanation, especially if the XRP non-BIP44 address matches but the ETH address doesn't.

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