100 Irregular Plural Nouns in English
The vast majority of English nouns make their plural by adding either -s (books, bands, bells) or -es (boxes, bunches, batches). These plural forms follow a regular pattern.
100 Irregular Plural Nouns List
addendum | addenda or addendums |
aircraft | aircraft |
alumna | alumnae |
alumnus | alumni |
analysis | analyses |
antenna | antennae or antennas |
antithesis | antitheses |
apex | apices or apexes |
appendix | appendices or appendixes |
axis | axes |
bacillus | bacilli |
bacterium | bacteria |
basis | bases |
beau | beaux or beaus |
bison | bison |
bureau | bureaux or bureaus |
cactus | cacti or cactus or cactuses |
château | châteaux or châteaus |
child | children |
codex | codices |
concerto | concerti or concertos |
corpus | corpora |
crisis | crises |
criterion | criteria or criterions |
curriculum | curricula or curriculums |
datum | data |
deer | deer or deers |
diagnosis | diagnoses |
die | dice or dies |
dwarf | dwarves or dwarfs |
ellipsis | ellipses |
erratum | errata |
faux pas | faux pas |
fez | fezzes or fezes |
fish | fish or fishes |
focus | foci or focuses |
foot | feet or foot |
formula | formulae or formulas |
fungus | fungi or funguses |
genus | genera or genuses |
goose | geese |
graffito | graffiti |
grouse | grouse or grouses |
half | halves |
hoof | hooves or hoofs |
hypothesis | hypotheses |
index | indices or indexes |
larva | larvae or larvas |
libretto | libretti or librettos |
loaf | loaves |
locus | loci |
louse | lice |
man | men |
matrix | matrices or matrixes |
medium | media or mediums |
memorandum | memoranda or memorandums |
minutia | minutiae |
moose | moose |
mouse | mice |
nebula | nebulae or nebulas |
nucleus | nuclei or nucleuses |
oasis | oases |
offspring | offspring or offsprings |
opus | opera or opuses |
ovum | ova |
ox | oxen or ox |
parenthesis | parentheses |
phenomenon | phenomena or phenomenons |
phylum | phyla |
quiz | quizzes |
radius | radii or radiuses |
referendum | referenda or referendums |
salmon | salmon or salmons |
scarf | scarves or scarfs |
self | selves |
series | series |
sheep | sheep |
shrimp | shrimp or shrimps |
species | species |
stimulus | stimuli |
stratum | strata |
swine | swine |
syllabus | syllabi or syllabuses |
symposium | symposia or symposiums |
synopsis | synopses |
tableau | tableaux or tableaus |
thesis | theses |
thief | thieves |
tooth | teeth |
trout | trout or trouts |
tuna | tuna or tunas |
vertebra | vertebrae or vertebras |
vertex | vertices or vertexes |
vita | vitae |
vortex | vortices or vortexes |
wharf | wharves or wharfs |
wife | wives |
wolf | wolves |
woman | Women |