Your seed phrase typically consists of 12 to 24 random words generated by your wallet when you first create it. The primary purpose of a seed phrase is to provide a human-readable format for the complex cryptographic keys that control access to your cryptocurrency holdings.
What happens if you lose your 12-word recovery phrase?
The loss of the recovery phrase = loss of access to your wallet: If you lose or forget your recovery phrase, there is no way to recover your wallet, no matter what happens to your device