Palindrome Checker
Type a word or phrase to check whether it's a palindrome, ignoring spaces, punctuation, and capitalization.
Yes, it's a palindrome
amanaplanacanalpanama
Spaces, punctuation, and capitalization are ignored, which is standard for phrase-level palindromes like "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama", since the underlying rule is about the sequence of letters, not the formatting around them.
Frequently asked questions
Why are spaces and punctuation ignored?+
Phrase-level palindromes like "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama" are only palindromes once you look past the formatting, the underlying rule is about the sequence of letters, not the spaces and punctuation around them.
Does capitalization matter?+
No, "Racecar" and "racecar" are both checked the same way; the comparison is case-insensitive.
Are numbers checked too?+
Yes, a string like "12321" is checked the same way a word would be, since the same reads-the-same-backward rule applies to digits.