A palindrome:
The word palindrome is from the Greek palíndromos, meaning running back again (palín = AGAIN + drom-, drameîn = RUN). A palindrome is a word or phrase which reads the same in both directions.
Some simple examples are:
RACECAR DEED LEVEL PIP ROTOR CIVIC POP MADAM EYE NUN RADAR TOOT HANNAH (STANLEY YELNATS) BOOB TIT
The longest single English word in common usage which is a palindrome is REDIVIDER, although the contrived chemical term DETARTRATED is two letters longer.
A heteronym that is spelt the same as another word both forward and backwards
Racecar
They are called palindromes.
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repaper, rotator, reviver
Palindrome. Funny, that's the category you put it in!
Palindromes: Madam I'm Adam Racecar
One example is the word "live." It can mean "to be alive" when read forward, and "to reside" when read backward.
Some examples of compound words that are the same when spelled backward and forward are "deified" and "reviver."
Both racecar and kayak are spelled the same forward and backward. These types of words and phrases are called "palindromes."
A word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards is called a palindrome. There are several of these words. Some examples are, rotor, racecar, sexes, and level.
In the above equation, Hannah equals Hannah. The proof is that 'racecar' spelled backwards is 'racecar'. Hannah spelled backwards is Hannah. Both words are palindromes, words that are spelled the same forward and backward.
They're called palindromes. (Actually, "palindrome" is a bit more generous than that, since the definition excludes punctuation, including spaces.) See the 'related links' below for a great selection of palindromes.