Tattarrattat
The longest palindrome in English is often considered tattarrattat, coined by James Joyce in his 1922 Ulysses to imitate the sound of a knock on the door. That's 12 letters
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.
Writing long palindromes that make sense in proper English is the hardest part. James Thurber's He goddam mad dog, eh? is almost there, but fails grammatically. Penelope Gilliat's oddity "Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod" is long enough, and grammatically correct, but so what? Howard R. Bergerson's colossal The Faded Bloomers' Rhapsodyis 450 letters long and makes no sense whatsoever.
This one is inscribed on a ritual wash-basin from ancient Greece: ÃŽÂΙΨΟΠΑÎÂΟΜΗΜΑ ΜΗ ΜΟÎÂΟΠΟΨΙΠ"Wash (away your ) sins, not only (your) face."
"A nut for a jar of tuna" is the longest as far as I know (and the one most often spoken)
"able was i ere i saw elba" is the longest recognized palindrome sentence written by napolean bonaparte.
saippuakivikauppias (Finnish word)
tattarrattat
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tattarrattat - the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary, coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on the door
a palindrome the longest palindrome is race car
tattarrattat
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Non-English: saippuakuppinippukauppias# of letters: 25 Meaning: Finnish - 'soap cup dealer'In English, the longest palindrome is ratatatatar. 'ra-tat-ta-tat-ar'# of letters: 11 Meaning: ENglish - 'a series of sharp, quick rapping sounds.
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The longest palindrome has 9 letters. It is rotavator. It reads the same backwards as it does forwards.
tattarrattat - the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary, coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on the door
Tattarrattat means a knock on the door. It is also the longest palindrome in the dictionary.
redivider redivider Flee to me, remote elf.
The longest well-known palindromic word in the English language is the word 'rotavator' which means a trademark for rotary plow.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the longest recognized English palindrome is 'tattarrattat', used by James Joyce in Ulysses (1922). It means a quick, repetitive knocking. The longest commonly known English words are 'redivider' and 'rotavator' (agricultural machine.) Foreign languages: solutomaattimittaamotulos, saippuakuppinippukauppias