50 Examples of Plural Words in English

Plural words in English

In English, not all nouns they form plurals in the same way.

Examples of common plurals

Most of the words make up the plural adding the ending -s.

1. Cat: cats (cats)
2. Manzana: apples
3. Onion: onions (onions)
4. Bird: brids (birds)
5. Truck: trucks
6. Car: cars
7. House: houses
8. Window: windows
9. Boy: boys
10. Desk: desks (desks)
11. Room: rooms
12. Cupboard: cupboards
13. Toy: toys
14. Chair: chairs
15. Shoe: shoes

Examples of hissing words

Nouns that end with "ch", "s", "sh", "x", and "z" are called sibilants. These types of words form plurals by adding the ending “-it is”.

1. Bench: benches (benches)
2. Kiss: kisses (kisses)
3. Fox: foxes (foxes)
4. Bus: buses (buses)
5. Witch: witches
6. Box: boxes (boxes)
7. Wish: wishes
8. Bush: bushes (shrubs)
9. Class: classes
10. Ash: ashes (ashes)
11. Lunch: lunches (lunches)
12. Church: churches
13. Scratch: scratches
14. Brush: brushes
15. Match: matches (match / match)

Examples of words ending in a consonant + and

When a noun ends in "y" preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by eliminating the "and" and adding the ending "-ies”

1. Baby: babies
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2. Familia: families
3. Library: libraries
4. Party: parties
5. Agency: agencies
6. Urgency: urgencies
7. Tendency: tendencies
8. City: cities
9. Country: countries
10. Fly: flies (flies)

Examples of words ending in a consonant + or:

Some nouns ending in "o" preceded by a consonant form the plural by adding the ending "-it is”.

1. Domino: dominoes (dominoes)
2. Potato: potatoes
3. Tomato: tomatoes
4. Hero: heroes (heroes)
5. Zero: zeroes (zeros)

Examples of words ending in "f" or "faith"

Most of the words ending in "f" or "faith" formal plural eliminating the f and adding the ending "-you see”. However, it does not happen in all cases.

1. Half: halves (halves)
2. Knife: knives (knives)
3. Life: lives
4. Thief: thieves (thieves)
5. Wife: wives (wives)

Examples of irregular plurals

Each of the irregular nouns plural forms in a specific way, without responding to any rules. Some of them have the same form for the plural as for the singular.

1. Child: children
2. Foot: feet
3. Goose: geese (goose)
4. Fish: fish
5. Man: men (men)
6. Woman: women
7. Tooth: teeth
8. Deer: deer
9. Mouse: mice
10. Person: people

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