The majority of nouns have distinct plural and singular forms. However, there are a number of special words that are spelled and pronounced exactly the same way in both their singular and plural forms. Here are 101 words that are both singular and plural.
If you are not sure how to convert a singular noun into a plural noun, check out our guide to how to convert a singular noun to a plural noun.
- Accommodation
- Advice
- Alms
- Aircraft
- Aluminum
- Barracks
- Bison
- Binoculars
- Bourgeois
- Breadfruit
- Cannon
- Caribou
- Cattle
- Chalk
- Chassis
- Chinos
- Clippers
- Clothing
- Cod
- Concrete
- Corps
- Correspondence
- Crossroads
- Deer
- Dice
- Doldrums
- Dungarees
- Education
- Eggfruit
- Elk
- Eyeglasses
- Fish (numbers of)
- Flares (clothing)
- Flour
- Food
- Fruit
- Furniture
- Gallows
- Goldfish
- Grapefruit
- Greenfly
- Grouse
- Haddock
- Halibut
- Head (cattle)
- Headquarters
- Help
- Homework
- Hovercraft
- Ides
- Insignia
- Jackfruit
- Jeans
- Knickers
- Knowledge
- Kudos
- Leggings
- Lego
- Luggage
- Moose
- Monkfish
- Mullet
- Nailclippers
- News
- Offspring
- Oxygen
- Pants
- Pyjamas
- Passionfruit
- Pike
- Pliers
- Police
- Premises
- Reindeer
- Rendezvous
- Salmon
- Scissors
- Series
- Shambles
- Sheep
- Shellfish
- Shorts
- Shrimp
- Smithereens
- Spacecraft
- Species
- Squid
- Starfruit
- Stone (weight)
- Sugar
- Swine
- Tongs
- Trousers
- Trout
- Tuna
- Tweezers
- You
- Wheat
- Whitebait
- Wood
Can you think of any words that are both plural and singular? Leave a comment and let us know!
Breath is a collective noun like the others but I do believe that we should consider Beer as such also. “I drank 10 beer” sounds better than “I drank 10 beers,” in my opinion
BA of English Language & Literature – ‘11
How about underwear.
Equipment
Oodles
Praetorean Guard. When I hear it see someone say Praetorean Guards, I cringe.
Hair!