List of 106 Irregular Nouns

  Singular Plural     Singular Plural

  A   L
  addendum addenda   loaf loaves
  alga algae   louse lice
  alumna alumnae   M
  alumnus alumni   man men
  analysis analyses   matrix matrices
  antenna antennas,antennae   means means
  apparatus apparatuses   medium media
  appendix appendices,appendixes   memorandum memoranda
  axis axes   millennium millenniums,milennia
  B   moose moose
  bacillus bacilli   mosquito mosquitoes
  bacterium bacteria   mouse mice
  basis bases   N
  beau beaux   nebula nebulae,nebulas
  bison bison   neurosis neuroses
  buffalo buffalos,buffaloes   nucleus nuclei
  bureau bureaus   O
  bus busses,buses   oasis oases
  C   octopus octopi,octopuses
  cactus cactuses,cacti   ovum ova
  calf calves   ox oxen
  child children   P
  corps corps   paralysis paralyses
  corpus corpora,corpuses   parenthesis parentheses
  crisis crises   person people
  criterion criteria   phenomenon phenomena
  curriculum curricula   potato potatoes
  D   R
  datum data   radius radii,radiuses
  deer deer   S
  die dice   scarf scarfs,scarves
  dwarf dwarfs,dwarves   self selves
  diagnosis diagnoses   series series
  E   sheep sheep
  echo echoes   shelf shelves
  elf elves   scissors scissors
  ellipsis ellipses   species species
   embargo embargoes   stimulus stimuli
  emphasis emphases   stratum strata
  erratum errata   syllabus syllabi,syllabuses
  F   symposium symposia,symposium
  fireman firemen s
  fish fish,fishes   synthesis syntheses
  focus focuses   synopsis synopses
  foot feet   T
  formula formulas   tableau tableaux
  fungus fungi,funguses   that those
  G   thesis theses
  genus genera   thief thieves
  goose geese   this these
  H   tomato tomatoes
  half halves   tooth teeth
  hero heroes   torpedo torpedoes
  hippopotamus hippopotami,hippopotamuse   V
s   vertebra vertebrae
  hoof hoofs,hooves   veto vetoes
  hypothesis hypotheses   vita vitae
  I   W
  index indices,indexes   watch watches
  K   wife wives
  knife knives   wolf wolves
  L   woman women
  leaf leaves   Z
  life lives   zero zeros,zeroes