Palindrome↕ | Type↕ | Language↕ | Length (chars)↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
racecar | Word | English | 7 | One of the most commonly cited English palindromes |
madam | Word | English | 5 | Classic polite form of address that is a natural palindrome |
level | Word | English | 5 | Common everyday word that happens to be a palindrome |
civic | Word | English | 5 | Relating to citizenship; also a popular Honda car model |
kayak | Word | English | 5 | Borrowed from Inuit languages, naturally palindromic |
rotator | Word | English | 7 | Longest common single-word palindrome in everyday use |
deified | Word | English | 7 | Means 'made into a god'; one of the longest natural word palindromes |
A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! | Sentence | English | 21 | The most famous English palindrome sentence, referencing the Panama Canal |
Was it a car or a cat I saw? | Sentence | English | 20 | Popular palindrome sentence often used as an introduction to the concept |
Never odd or even | Phrase | English | 14 | A mathematically themed palindrome phrase |
Do geese see God? | Sentence | English | 13 | Philosophical palindrome question that sparks curiosity |
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm | Sentence | English | 20 | A whimsical and memorable palindrome sentence |
Able was I ere I saw Elba | Sentence | English | 20 | Attributed (apocryphally) to Napoleon Bonaparte after his exile to Elba |
tattarrattat | Word | English | 12 | Coined by James Joyce in Ulysses to represent a knock on a door; longest palindrome in the OED |
taco cat | Phrase | English | 7 | Popular internet-era palindrome, often depicted as a cat inside a taco |
Malayalam | Word | English/Malayalam | 9 | A language name (spoken in Kerala, India) that is itself a palindrome |
saippuakivikauppias | Word | Finnish | 19 | Finnish for 'soapstone vendor'; one of the longest single-word palindromes in any language |
Step on no pets | Sentence | English | 12 | Simple, memorable palindrome often used in children's education |
noon | Word | English | 4 | Everyday time reference; one of the simplest natural palindromes |
Rats live on no evil star | Sentence | English | 20 | A poetic-sounding palindrome with a cosmic theme |
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