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Can You Spell The 21 Hardest Plural Forms Of The English Language?

Only 2% of the population get 21/21.

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286 Comments
William Laughlin
The plural of "cul-de-sac" is "culs-de-sac". While some dictionaries may also list "cul-de-sacs" as an acceptable alternative, "culs-de-sac" is generally considered the MORE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT and PREFERRED plural form, according to Collins Dictionary. The correct plural of "roof" is roofs. While "rooves" was historically used as an alternative, it is now considered an OUTDATED and NON-STANDARD form in all varieties of English, according to several grammar resources. The pronunciation of "roofs" can vary, sometimes sounding like "rooves" but the spelling remains "roofs".
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Jul 2, 2025 2:13PM
Francie Carlson
mikeyparry, so is humans!
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Jun 14, 2025 3:00PM
Karen Hayworth
Thanks for answers! I went too fast but got most!! Some I disagreed with though!
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Apr 7, 2025 3:02AM
cdowdy aks
23/25… I don’t think the answer should be wrong if you pick one correctly and not the two options together?🤔
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Mar 16, 2025 11:57AM
mikeyparry
Formulas is wrong! Roofs is wrong! They might be ok in the Americas but not in proper English!
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Sep 18, 2024 6:03AM
Player Dennis
Too many repeats lately.
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Jul 22, 2024 6:56PM
Player Dennis
Interesting quiz with answers.
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Jul 21, 2024 3:59PM
Roy Carlson
Technically speaking, the plural for of the various animal species (deer, sheep) can be deers or sheeps in the e context of describing different breeds of said animal. But the is is a rare grammatical event and it suffices to use the plurals as described here
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May 18, 2024 12:13PM
Christopher Skinner
19 isn''t too bad
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Apr 4, 2024 8:30PM
Alan Conyard
19/21. Disappointing; should have known a couple more. Interesting quiz.
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Mar 10, 2024 3:26PM
knightbak@bigpond.com
It was not a spelling check,it was a plurals test.
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Mar 8, 2024 5:51PM
lmoores
Cul de sacs is the plural form as is roves.
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Feb 14, 2024 9:28PM
Jean Fox
Dianna Hattori, agree, I was caught out with those too 😠
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Dec 6, 2023 8:14PM
Jean Fox
Opposite in UK. It's cul-de- sacs.
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Dec 6, 2023 8:13PM
Pat Wells
Culs-de-sac is correct. I learned in school that with hyphenated words like cul-del-sac, the first word is made plural (not the last).
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Nov 29, 2023 1:14PM

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