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Palindrome Checker
Enter a word, phrase or sentence to find out if it reads the same forwards and backwards. Spaces and punctuation are ignored.
Frequently Asked Questions
A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same forwards and backwards. Famous examples include "racecar", "level", and the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama".
No — this checker ignores capitalisation, spaces, and punctuation, so "Madam" and "madam" are both detected as palindromes.
One of the longest single-word palindromes in English is "tattarrattat", coined by James Joyce in Ulysses (1922). Longer palindromes are typically constructed phrases or sentences.