Tool to generate and list semordnilaps: words or sentence that can be read backward, but unlike palindrome, it spells a different word or phrase depending on the reading direction.
Semordnilap Generator - dCode
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Semordnilap Generator
Semordnilaps Generation Helper
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is a semordnilap? (Definition)
A semordnilap is a word where the letters can be read left to right or right to left to give another meaningful word. This definition can be extended from words to groups of words or even to sentences.
Example: STAR and RATS are semordnilaps
The semordnilap differs from the palindrome in that the reverse reading is not necessarily identical. All palindromes are semordnilaps, but not all semordnilaps are palindromes.
Note: semordnilap is the word palindromes read backwards.
What is the list of Semordnilaps in English?
The list of words anacycliques/volvograms/reversgrams is quite large, this list represents the most common ones (use the tool above to get more words):
STRESSED <=> DESSERTS
DELIVER <=> REVILED
ANIMAL <=> LAMINA
DEPOTS <=> STOPED
DIAPER <=> REPAID
DRAWER <=> REWARD
LOOTER <=> RETOOL
MURDER <=> REDRUM
REDIPS <=> SPIDER
DEBUT <=> TUBED
DEEPS <=> SPEED
DEVIL <=> LIVED
PEELS <=> SLEEP
SERIF <=> FIRES
STEEL <=> LEETS
SWAP <=> PAWS
All these words exist spelled in one direction or the other.
What is the difference between a semordnilap and a palindrome?
Semordnilap can be read in both direction and can be a different one. A palindrome must be identical backward.
Example: LEVEL is a palindrome (but also a semordnilap)
Example: SEMORDNILAP is a semordnilap, which can be read PALINDROMES backward.
NB: all semordnilaps are anagrams.
What is an ambigram?
An ambigram is a writing (or drawing) that can have a 2-way reading. For example according to a symmetry, it is in a sense a graphic variant of a palindrome.
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