some_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'b', 'd', 'm', 'n', 'n'] some_dictionary = {} for element in some_list: if element not in some_dictionary: some_dictionary[element] = 1 else: some_dictionary[element] += 1 for key, value in some_dictionary.items(): if value > 1: print(key, end = ' ') # another way duplicates = [] for x in some_list: if some_list.count(x) > 1 and x not in duplicates: duplicates.append(x) print() print(duplicates)