IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

Study these groups of words to learn how they change to plural.

Each group of words has similar changes.
US -> I

SINGULAR
SINGULAR

PLURAL

alumnus

alumni

cactus

cacti

focus

foci/focuses

fungus

fungi/funguses

nucleus

nuclei

radius

radii

stimulus

stimuli

children

man

men

ox

oxen

woman

women

*** -> A
SINGULAR

IS -> ES
SINGULAR

PLURAL

child

PLURAL

PLURAL

bacterium

bacteria

corpus

corpora

criterion

criteria

curriculum

curricula

datum

data

genus

genera

medium

media

memorandum

memoranda

phenomenon

phenomena

stratum

strata

axis

axes

analysis

analyses

basis

bases

crisis

crises

diagnosis

diagnoses

ellipsis

ellipses

hypothesis

hypotheses

oasis

oases

paralysis

paralyses

parenthesis

parentheses

deer

deer

synthesis

syntheses

fish

fish

synopsis

synopses

means

means

thesis

theses

offspring

offspring

series

series

sheep

sheep

species

species

NO CHANGE
SINGULAR

IX -> ICES
SINGULAR

PLURAL

appendix

appendices

index

indeces/indexes

matrix

matrices/matrixes

OO -> EE

EAU -> EAUX

SINGULAR

PLURAL

beau

beaux

bureau

bureaus/bureaux

tableau

tableaux/tableaus

*** -> EN

PLURAL

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