Saturday, September 22, 2018

Most common irregular plural nouns




addendum
addenda or addendums
aircraft
aircraft
alumnus
alumni
analysis
analyses
antenna
antennae or antennas
apex
apices or apexes
appendices or appendixes
axis
Axes


bacillus
Bacilli
bacterium
Bacteria
basis
Bases
bison
Bison
bureau
bureaux or bureaus


cactus
cacti or cactus or cactuses
child
Children
Corpora
crisis
Crises
criteria or criterions
curriculum
curricula or curriculums


datum
Data
deer
deer or deers
diagnosis
Diagnoses
die
dice or dies
dwarf
dwarves or dwarfs


Ellipses
erratum
Errata


faux pas
faux pas
fish
fish or fishes
focus
foci or focuses
foot
feet or foot
formula
formulae or formulas
fungus
fungi or funguses


half
halves
hoof
hooves or hoofs
hypothesis
hypotheses


index
indices or indexes


larva
larvae or larvas
loaf
loaves
louse
lice


man
men
matrix
matrices or matrixes
media or mediums
memoranda or memorandums
mouse
mice


nebula
nebulae or nebulas
nucleus
nuclei or nucleuses


oasis
oases
offspring
offspring or offsprings
ovum
ova
ox
oxen or ox


parentheses
phenomenon
phenomena or phenomenons
quiz
quizzes


radius
radii or radiuses
referendum
referenda or referendums


salmon
salmon or salmons
scarf
scarves or scarfs
self
selves
series
series
sheep
sheep
species
species
stimulus
stimuli
swine
swine
syllabus
syllabi or syllabuses
synopses


tableau
tableaux or tableaus
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


courtesy : thoughtco.com