Palindrome Checker

Check if text reads the same forwards and backwards

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Professional Palindrome Checker

Instantly verify if words, phrases, or sentences are palindromes

Spaces, punctuation, and capitalization are ignored

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Reversed

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Famous Palindromes

About Palindromes

What are Palindromes?

  • Words that read the same forwards and backwards
  • Spaces and punctuation are typically ignored
  • Case sensitivity is usually ignored
  • Can be words, phrases, or numbers
  • Found in many languages and cultures

Types of Palindromes

  • Word: mom, dad, noon, level
  • Phrase: "A man a plan a canal Panama"
  • Number: 121, 12321, 1234321
  • Date: 02/02/2020, 12/02/2021
  • Sentence: "Was it a car or a cat I saw"

Famous Examples

  • "Madam, I'm Adam"
  • "Never odd or even"
  • "Step on no pets"
  • "Able was I ere I saw Elba"
  • "Mr. Owl ate my metal worm"
  • "Do geese see God?"

Technical Notes

  • This tool ignores spaces and punctuation
  • Case is normalized to lowercase
  • Only alphanumeric characters are considered
  • Unicode characters are supported
  • Real-time checking as you type