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