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The term semordnilap is the word "palindrome" spelled backward. While a palindrome is a word that is spelled the same forward and backward (radar, racecar), a semordnilap is a reversed anagram where one word spelled backward is another real word.

Examples: liar/rail, diaper/repaid, desserts/stressed

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What is the name for words that spelled backwards are different words?

There is no generally agreed name for these reverse-order anagrams, but they are often called semordnilaps(palindrome backwards), anadromes, or reversgrams.Some common semordnilaps aredog-Goddon-noddub-budmood-doomdiaper-repaiddrawer-reward


Words you can spell different backwards?

desserts, stressed They're known as semordnilaps.


What are palindrome words called what mean something different?

Palindromes aren't classified according to meaning. They are words that read the same backwards and forwards and as such, have the same meaning both ways. Words that are spelled the same with different meanings are homographs.


What is a word that reads different word upside down?

The most common names (none official) is an "emordnilap" or an "anadrome."Semordnilap is a name coined for a word or phrase that spells a different word or phrase backwards. "semordnilap" is itself "palindromes" spelled backwards. According to author O.V. Michaelsen, it was probably coined by logologist Dmitri A. Borgmann and appeared in Oddities and Curiosities, annotated by Martin Gardner, 1961.Semordnilaps are also known as anadromes, volvograms, heteropalindromes, semi-palindromes, half-palindromes, reversgrams, mynoretehs, reversible anagrams, or word reversals.


What is the literal meaning of semordnilap?

The word 'semordnilap' is a name for a word that makes another word when read backwards. 'Semordnilap' is 'palindromes' itself when read backwards. While palindromes are words that spell the same backwards (like radar, racecar), semordnilaps are reverse anagrams, words that spell different words when they are spelled backward, such as liar/rail, diaper/repaid, desserts/stressed. (see related link for a list)


The word for a word that can be formed into another word if spelled backwards?

It is sometimes called a semordnilap (the word palindrome spelled backward).Some common semordnilaps are saw/was, liar/rail, diaper/repaid, and desserts/stressed.


Is there a list of words that when spelled backwards spell another word?

There are exhaustive lists at the related links below.There are also lists of palindromes that are the same word spelled forward or backward. Reversed words and phrases would come under the general term "anagrams", which includes and words formed by re-ordering all the letters in a word or phrase.One word for these words is semordnilaps (semordnilap is palindrome spelled backward). Examples are was/saw, liar/rail, diaper/repaid, and desserts/stressed.Some other suggested names for the words :volvogramsanadromesheteropalindromessemi-palindromeshalf-palindromesreversgramsopisogramsmynoretehsreversible anagramsword reversalsOn the Lighter SideSome reversals are particularly apt : the phrase STRAP ON is NO PARTS backwards.


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