The Top 100 Irregular Plural Nouns In English

The list gives you the top 100 most frequently used English irregular plural nouns in alphabetical order.

  •   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
  •   orpus 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