Below a list of the most common HTML special characters.
| Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| < | < | < | less-than |
| > | > | > | greater-than |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | single left quote |
| “ | “ | “ | double left quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | single right quote |
| ” | ” | ” | double right quote |
|   | | non-breaking space | |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
| £ | £ | £ | pound |
| € | € | € | Euro symbol |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ° | ° | ° | degree |
| ± | ± | ± | plus-or-minus |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript 2 |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript 3 |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction 1/4 |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction 1/2 |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction 3/4 |
| – | – | – | en dash |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| • | • | • | bullet |
| … | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
For the following characters, using upper or lowercase letter for the first character defines whether the displayed character is a CAPITAL or lowercase letter.
| à | à |
| á | á |
| â | â |
| ã | ã |
| ä | ä |
| æ | æ |
| ç | ç |
| è | è |
| é | é |
| ê | ê |
| ë | ë |
| ì | ì |
| í | í |
| î | î |
| ï | ï |
| ð | ð |
| ñ | ñ |
| ò | ò |
| ó | ó |
| ô | ô |
| õ | õ |
| ö | ö |
| × | × |
| ø | ø |
| ù | ù |
| ú | ú |
| û | û |
| ü | ü |
| ý | ý |
| ÿ | ÿ |
| Þ | Þ |
| ß | ß |