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Symbol	Name	Needed?
Ac	Actinium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ag	Silver	No, sounds like it looks. Common word. Colour pronounced the same.
Al	Aluminium	Yes, the different pronunciations may be confusing. Also an ENGVAR issue, see WP:ALUM
Am	Americium	Yes, difficult one.
Ar	Argon	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
As	Arsenic	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
At	Astatine	Maybe
Au	Gold	No, sounds like it looks. Common word. Colour pronounced the same.
B	Boron	No, sounds like it looks.
Ba	Barium	Yes, the different pronunciations may be confusing.
Be	Beryllium	No, sounds like it looks.
Bh	Bohrium	No, sounds like it looks.
Bi	Bismuth	No, sounds like it looks.
Bk	Berkelium	Maybe
Br	Bromine	Maybe
C	Carbon	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Ca	Calcium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Cd	Cadmium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Ce	Cerium	Yes, difficult one.
Cf	Californium	No, sounds like it looks. California is a common word.
Cl	Chlorine	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Cm	Curium	Maybe
Cn	Copernicium	Yes, difficult one.
Co	Cobalt	Maybe
Cr	Chromium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Cs	Caesium	Yes, the different pronunciations may be confusing.
Cu	Copper	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Db	Dubnium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ds	Darmstadtium	Yes, difficult one.
Dy	Dysprosium	No, sounds like it looks.
Er	Erbium	No, sounds like it looks.
Es	Einsteinium	No, sounds like it looks. Einstein is a common word.
Eu	Europium	No, sounds like it looks. Europe is a common word.
F	Fluorine	Maybe
Fe	Iron	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Fl	Flerovium	Maybe
Fm	Fermium	No, sounds like it looks.
Fr	Francium	Maybe
Ga	Gallium	Maybe
Gd	Gadolinium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ge	Germanium	No, sounds like it looks. Germany is a common word.
H	Hydrogen	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
He	Helium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Hf	Hafnium	No, sounds like it looks.
Hg	Mercury	No, sounds like it looks. Mercury (mythology) has same pronunciation.
Ho	Holmium	No, sounds like it looks.
Hs	Hassium	No, sounds like it looks.
I	Iodine	Maybe
In	Indium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ir	Iridium	No, sounds like it looks.
K	Potassium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Kr	Krypton	No, sounds like it looks. Common word. Superman's planet has the same pronunciation.
La	Lanthanum	No, sounds like it looks.
Li	Lithium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Lr	Lawrencium	No, sounds like it looks. Lawrence is a common name.
Lu	Lutetium	Maybe
Lv	Livermorium	No, sounds like it looks.
Md	Mendelevium	No, sounds like it looks.
Mg	Magnesium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Mn	Manganese	No, sounds like it looks.
Mo	Molybdenum	Maybe.
Mt	Meitnerium	Yes. Difficult one.
N	Nitrogen	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Na	Sodium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Nb	Niobium	No, sounds like it looks.
Nd	Neodymium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ne	Neon	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Ni	Nickel	No, sounds like it looks. Common word. American 5-cent coin has the same pronunciation.
No	Nobelium	Maybe
Np	Neptunium	No, sounds like it looks. Neptune is a common word.
O	Oxygen	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Os	Osmium	No, sounds like it looks.
P	Phosphorus	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Pa	Protactinium	Maybe
Pb	Lead	No, sounds like it looks. Common word. Alternate pronunciation for the verb.
Pd	Palladium	No, sounds like it looks.
Pm	Promethium	Maybe
Po	Polonium	No, sounds like it looks.
Pr	Praseodymium	Maybe
Pt	Platinum	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Pu	Plutonium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Ra	Radium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Rb	Rubidium	No, sounds like it looks.
Re	Rhenium	Maybe
Rf	Rutherfordium	No, sounds like it looks.
Rg	Roentgenium	Yes
Rh	Rhodium	No, sounds like it looks.
Rn	Radon	Maybe
Ru	Ruthenium	No, sounds like it looks.
S	Sulfur	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Sb	Antimony	Yes, difficult one.
Sc	Scandium	No, sounds like it looks.
Se	Selenium	No, sounds like it looks.
Sg	Seaborgium	No, sounds like it looks.
Si	Silicon	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Sm	Samarium	No, sounds like it looks.
Sn	Tin	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Sr	Strontium	Yes, the different pronunciations may be confusing.
Ta	Tantalum	No, sounds like it looks.
Tb	Terbium	No, sounds like it looks.
Tc	Technetium	Yes, difficult one.
Te	Tellurium	Maybe
Th	Thorium	No, sounds like it looks.
Ti	Titanium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Tl	Thallium	No, sounds like it looks.
Tm	Thulium	Maybe
U	Uranium	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Uuo	Ununoctium	Yes, difficult one.
Uup	Ununpentium	Yes, difficult one.
Uus	Ununseptium	Yes, difficult one.
Uut	Ununtrium	Yes, difficult one.
V	Vanadium	Maybe
W	Tungsten	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Xe	Xenon	Yes, difficult one.
Y	Yttrium	Yes, difficult one.
Yb	Ytterbium	Yes, difficult one.
Zn	Zinc	No, sounds like it looks. Common word.
Zr	Zirconium	No, sounds like it looks.