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List of 36 Important Irregular Plural Nouns in English

List of 36 Important Irregular Plural Nouns in English

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Irregular Plural Nouns in English! Following are 36 important irregular plurals examples you should learn by heart to master your English grammar.

Irregular Plural Nouns| Rules

Words that end in “f”, you change the “f” to “ve” and add an “s.”

Irregular plural nouns that end in ves:

  • knife => knives
  • wolf => wolves
  • elf => elves
  • loaf => loaves
  • calf => calves
  • shelf => shelves
  • loaf => loaves

Changing vowels, changing the word, or adding a different ending

  • man => men
  • foot => feet
  • tooth => teeth
  • louse => lice
  • cactus => cacti
  • goose => geese
  • person => people
  • mouse => mice
  • appendix => appendices
  • ox => oxen
  • child => children

Keeping the same spelling as the singular form or by adding an s or es.

  • quail => quail or quails
  • cod => cod or cods
  • fish => fish or fishes
  • shrimp => shrimp or shrimps

Irregular Plural Nouns List

Learn a list of 36 irregular plural nouns in English.

  • Ellipsis –> Ellipses
  • Codex –> Codices
  • Larva–> Larvae
  • Alumna –> Alumnae
  • Erratum –> Errata
  • Ox –> Oxen
  • Oasis –> Oases
  • Swine –> Swine
  • Trout –> Trout
  • Genus –> Genera
  • Diagnosis –> Diagnoses
  • Analysis –> Analyses
  • Man -> Men
  • Person -> People
  • Foot -> Feet
  • Tooth -> Teeth
  • Child -> Children
  • Mouse -> Mice
  • Sheep ->  Sheep
  • Fish ->  Fish
  • Leaf ->  Leaves
  • Goose ->  Geese
  • Woman ->  Women
  • Aircraft ->  Aircraft
  • Apex  ->  Apices
  • Bison -> Bison
  • Crisis ->  Crises
  • Curriculum ->  Curricula
  • Datum ->  Data
  • Focus ->  Foci
  • Series ->  Series
  • Vita ->  Vitae
  • Tuna ->  Tuna
  • Quiz ->  Quizzes
  • Index ->  Indices

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Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular Plural Nouns

Rhett

Monday 4th of September 2023

Hello this is relly hard for me bc my teacher said put the irregular form to plural but do not put the one on my notebook so this is hard for me :(

your mom

Tuesday 7th of February 2023

he he he he he he

Ellen

Thursday 10th of November 2022

Very cool references

Cathy

Tuesday 27th of September 2022

Hi

Alejandra

Sunday 5th of June 2022

lovely!