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What is the plural of tooth?

The plural of tooth is teeth.

➡️ Every two weeks, sharks grow a new set of teeth to replace the worn ones.

➡️I told my dentist that my teeth were getting yellow.

What is the plural of tooth?
What is the plural of tooth?

There are some words that cannot be made plural by adding S to the end but they can be made plural by changing their form.

Example – Tooth becomes teeth, foot becomes feet, mouse becomes mice. etc.

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A few rules of plural formation

There are many rules for plural nouns in English. Below are some standard rules and examples of plural formation.

TypeExamplesForming the pluralPlural
Most noun☑️ Ball
☑️ Bat
☑️ Dog
Add S✅ Balls
✅ Bats
✅ Dogs
Noun ending s, sh, ch, x or z ☑️ Box
☑️ Fox
☑️ Dress
Add es ✅ Boxes
✅ Foxes
✅ Dresses
Nouns ending if, ief, eef, oof or rf ☑️ Belief
☑️ Chief
☑️ Hoof
Add S
✅ Beliefs
✅ Chiefs ✅ Hoofs
Exception ☑️ Foot ☑️ Tooth
☑️ Goose
Some nouns have to be plural by changing the vowel in the middle✅ Feet
✅ Teeth
✅ Geese
Noun ending O and If there is a consonant before o☑️ Canto
☑️ Piano
☑️ Photo
Add S ✅ Cantos
✅ Pianos
✅ Photos
Singular Noun ending Y and If there is a consonant before Y☑️ Baby
☑️ Lady
☑️ Body
y is to be replaced by i and es at the end✅ Babies
✅ Ladies
✅ Bodies
Singular Noun ending Y and If there is a vowel before Y☑️ Day
☑️ Toy
☑️ Play
Add S ✅ Days
✅ Toys
✅ Plays
Singular noun ending F or Fe ☑️ Calf
☑️ Life
☑️ Thief
F or Fe is to be replaced by V and es at the end✅ Calves
✅ Lives
✅ Thieves

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Why the confusion with the plural of tooth?

There is some difference in the plural structure of the tooth because its plural is not formed by adding S but by changing its inner vowel. There are no specific rules for remembering them. These have to be memorized.


So friends stayed until today. I will come to you soon with another article. She’ll be fine until then. Thanks.

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