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Elements Whose First Letter Doesn't Match the Symbol
There are ten elements of the Periodic Table whose first letter in English is not the same as the first letter of its atomic symbol. Can you guess them?
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| First submitted | November 11, 2025 |
| Times taken | 17,310 |
| Average score | 60.0% |
| Rating | 4.87 |
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20 Comments
LuckyCat
+7
Level 72
Feb 4, 2026
Wow! Great Feature. This user has less than 1000 total takes, so I'm glad they got a Feature.
LegoBuilderOne
+3
Level 55
Feb 4, 2026
And they've only made 14 quizzes...
Ptcairn
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2026
That's impressive, it's such a banger quiz too.
Evenultrapawn
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Level 65
Feb 4, 2026
Yeah, that 1000-take figure is not going to last long
Ptcairn
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2026
Of course I get Tungsten and K and nothing else. Great quiz nonetheless.
Freestatebear
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Level 88
Feb 5, 2026
If you're in the comments looking for hints (cheating), I'll give you a big hint: they're ALL metals, though I think a couple are technically classified as metalloids.
SteveTheEagle
+2
Level 54
Feb 9, 2026
So theyre not all metals lol
Limukala
+1
Level 61
Feb 9, 2026
Sure they are. One of them is sometimes called a metal or metalloid depending on the classification scheme, but all exhibit metallic bonding and are broadly classified as metals.
JMM
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Level 60
Feb 9, 2026
In astronomy, all but Hydrogen and Helium are metals.
Cyclonus
+5
Level 88
Feb 6, 2026
Damn Latin! :-)
HemmoAU
+4
Level 57
Feb 9, 2026
All but iron what a blunder
giommaso
+2
Level 77
Feb 9, 2026
This quiz has the added difficulty that in my mother tongue the set has a similar size but it doesn't overlap that much with the English one.
rocamorar
+1
Level 80
Feb 9, 2026
I found Tungsten misleading, cause it's also called Wolfram.
Scrazna
+1
Level 68
Feb 9, 2026
Of course I get 8/10 no problem, then go completely blank and watch as 'Gold' and 'Silver' pop up in the answers - Woops!
NinePointTheorem
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Level 36
Feb 9, 2026
Alternative title: Which elements' symbols are derived from their Latin or German names?
shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Feb 9, 2026
I got antimony and missed lead 😭
carinagior
+1
Level 34
Feb 11, 2026
i missed lead too! was thinking in spanish
QuizApe
+3
Level 72
Feb 9, 2026
Copper Cu is also confusing as it doesn’t have a U.
CambodianQuizzer
+2
Level 77
Feb 13, 2026
But "C" is the same as Copper's first letter.
Berney
+1
Level 84
Feb 9, 2026
Good quiz and similar to a couple of quizzes I created previously which show the reasons for the choice of symbol for these elements, see Elements with 'irregular' Symbols and Elements that differ from their symbols.
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