What is a Palindrome?

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward (ignoring spaces, punctuation, and capitalization). Examples include "madam", "racecar", and "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama".

Types of Palindromes
  • Character Palindromes: Read the same character by character (e.g., "level")
  • Word Palindromes: Read the same word by word (e.g., "Fall leaves after leaves fall")
  • Mirror Palindromes: Symmetrical around a center point (e.g., "ABBA")
  • Numerical Palindromes: Numbers that read the same backward (e.g., 1221)
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