IRREGULAR PLURALS LIST

Study these groups of words to learn how they

change to plural.
Each group of words has similar changes.

US -> I

EAU -> EAUX

SINGULAR

PLURAL

Beau

beaux

bureau

bureaus/bureaux

Tableau

tableaux/tableaus

*** -> EN

SINGULAR

PLURAL

Alumnus

alumni

Cactus

cacti

Focus

foci/focuses

Fungus

fungi/funguses

Nucleus

nuclei

Radius

radii

Stimulus

stimuli

SINGULAR

PLURAL

child

children

man

men

ox

oxen

Woman

women

*** -> A
SINGULAR

IS -> ES
SINGULAR

PLURAL

PLURAL

Bacterium

bacteria

Corpus

corpora

Criterion

criteria

Axis

axes

Analysis

analyses

Basis

bases

Datum

data

Crisis

crises

Genus

genera

Diagnosis

diagnoses

Medium

media

ellipsis

ellipses

Memorandum

memoranda

Hypothesis

hypotheses

Phenomenon

phenomena

Oasis

oases

Stratum

strata

Paralysis

paralyses

parenthesis

parentheses

Synthesis

syntheses

Synopsis

synopses

Thesis

theses

IX -> ICES
SINGULAR

PLURAL

Curriculum

curricula

NO CHANGE
SINGULAR

PLURAL

Deer

deer

Fish

fish

Means

means

Offspring

offspring

Series

series

Appendix

appendices

Sheep

sheep

Index

indeces/indexes

Species

species

Matrix

matrices/matrixes

OO -> EE
SINGULAR

PLURAL

Foot

feet

Goose

geese

Tooth

teeth

A -> AE
SINGULAR

PLURAL

Antenna

antennae/antennas

Formula

formulae/formulas

nebula

nebulae

Vertebra

vertebrae

Vita

vitae

OUSE -> ICE

SINGULAR

PLURAL

Louse

lice

Mouse

mice