REGULAR NOUN - nouns are nouns that can be formed into their plural form by simply adding “-s”

and “-es” to the end.

IRREGULAR NOUN - are nouns that do not follow the same rule of regular nouns or any standard rule when converting
into plurals.

Nouns ending in -f and -fe

word ending in -f, change the f to a v and add es. Irregular nouns that change substantially
some words change in spelling substantially when made
plural.

Nouns ending in -o
words ending in -o are usually made by adding -es. Plurals of Latin and Greek words
Nouns ending in -us

Irregular formation of nouns ending in -is

Nouns with an -is ending can be made plural
by changing -is to -es.
Nouns that change vowels: Many English words
become plural by changing their vowels,
such as oo to ee or an to en

Irregular formation of nouns ending in -on

These Greek words change their -on ending to -a.

Irregular nouns that do not change at all

Some English nouns are identical in their singular and
plural forms. Many of these are the names of animals

sheep, fish, moose, swine, buffalo, shrimp, deer

Irregular formation of nouns ending in -um

Words ending in -um shed their -um and replace it with -a to form a plural

datum – data memorandum – memoranda bacterium - bacteria