Top Irregular English Plurals List Lookup
Bounded common irregular English plural reference, sense/register-sensitive and not a full inflection engine.
Description
Top Irregular English Plurals List Lookup: look up a supported built-in reference entry.
Some English nouns have plurals that do not follow a simple added-s rule. Usage and register can affect the preferred plural.
This tool returns a built-in reference entry for an exact supported selector. The supported entries and their scope are part of the tool; no website or current external table is queried.
When to use this tool
Use this tool when the supplied inputs match the specific operation described above and you need a repeatable result under its stated convention.
- Check the supported input and output contract against an existing calculation or observation.
- Use the complete example to confirm units, selector spelling and result interpretation.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter every field in the input table using the stated units and the exact supported selector spelling where applicable.
- Run the tool. Correct input errors before interpreting an output.
- Read the result fields below; use accompanying flags and the stated sign, boundary or model convention when interpreting a number.
Match one of the eleven supported lowercase singular nouns to its stored plural entry.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| singular | Singular. | Exact value: "child", "person", "man", "woman", "tooth", "foot", "mouse", "goose", "ox", "sheep", "deer" |
| singular | Built-in entry |
|---|---|
| "child" | children |
| "person" | people (persons in some registers) |
| "man" | men |
| "woman" | women |
| "tooth" | teeth |
| "foot" | feet |
| "mouse" | mice |
| "goose" | geese |
| "ox" | oxen |
| "sheep" | sheep |
| "deer" | deer |
| Output field | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| result | Object containing the following named result fields. |
| result.reference | The stored entry for the exact selected key; its type may be text, a number or a list. |
{
"input": {
"singular": "child"
},
"output": {
"result": {
"reference": "children"
}
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- This is a small exact lookup rather than a general inflector or a context-sensitive grammar checker.
- Every declared field is required and unexpected fields are rejected. Numeric inputs must be finite; input errors are distinct from a valid false result or an explicitly qualified output.
- Extremely large inputs and nonfinite or excessively large outputs are rejected. List positions reported by the tool use zero-based indices unless stated otherwise.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Check the underlying observations, units and conventions independently before using the result in a larger workflow. The tools listed below address nearby tasks; compare their inputs and scope before substituting one for this operation.
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