# What's the difference between ID Wallet and Normal Wallet

<mark style="color:orange;">**Mnemonic words are issued when you create a wallet and it is simply a user-friendly method to store and retrieve your private keys; thus, although mnemonic words and private keys are used interchangeably, they are not exactly the same.**</mark>

**Hence, wallets created or imported with mnemonic words are referred to as ID wallets, whereas wallets imported with private keys are called normal wallets.**

## **- ID Wallet**

The ‘ID wallet’ is short for ‘Identity wallet’, and each wallet you create with Teleport Wallet or import with mnemonic words will be regarded as a ID wallet.

Key features of the ID wallet:&#x20;

* Each ID wallet is created/imported with a pair of mnemonic words.&#x20;
* You can create or import any amount of ID wallets.&#x20;
* Each ID wallet automatically has an account on each of the chains that Teleport Wallet supports.&#x20;
* You can generate unlimited accounts under one ID wallet.

## **- Normal Wallet**

Normal wallet means the wallets are imported with a private key.&#x20;

Key features of the normal wallet:&#x20;

* Each normal wallet is backed by a unique private key.&#x20;
* You can import as many normal wallets as you want.&#x20;
* Although Teleport wallet supports a number of chains, we can only recover accounts on the chains that users select while importing a wallet.&#x20;
* Teleport does not support generating new accounts under normal wallets.