Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

levidrome

/ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lev-idrome
IPA: /ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.

Example Sentences

"One classmate offered up "part" and "trap" as a levidrome on Friday."
"She always says to him, ‘You got any good levidromes for me today?’ The other day he said, ‘Yeah, I got stressed and desserts. And drawer and reward.’”"
"Since then, the levidrome has been gaining traction around the world. The Budd family has been inundated with pictures of school projects where students find levidromes."
"Wherever sequential alphabets gained power, cultures became more transfixed by linear time. Change the order of the letters, and you get a new meaning: canoe is never mistaken for its anagram ocean. Map is not the same as its levidrome Pam."

Etymology

Coined by Levi Budd, from his name Levi + -drome by analogy with palindrome.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/
British English: /ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm/

Inflected Forms

levidromes (plural)

Synonyms

anadrome heteropalindrome semordnilap

Questions

How do you pronounce levidrome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/.
What does levidrome mean?: A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.
Where does levidrome come from?: Coined by Levi Budd, from his name Levi + -drome by analogy with palindrome.

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