A python language function to check if a word is a palindrome (the same backwards)

In this code snippet, we’ll show an example of a Python language function to check if a word is a palindrome (the same backwards).

Python language function to check if a word is a palindrome (the same backwards).

def is_palindrome(word: str) -> bool:
    """
    Check if a given word is a palindrome.

    Args:
        word (str): The word to be checked.

    Returns:
        bool: True if the word is a palindrome, False otherwise.
    """
    return word == word[::-1]


print(is_palindrome("racecar"))
print(is_palindrome("house"))

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