List of 121 Words in Which You Drop the 'y' and Add 'ies' to Make Plural
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In search of words that you drop the Y and add -ies to make plural? Have a look at this handy list of relevant terms. Here you'll find a collection of English terms with that irregular pluralization.
Singular | Plural |
ability | abilities |
activity | activities |
agency | agencies |
amenity | amenities |
army | armies |
autobiography | autobiographies |
autopsy | autopsies |
baby | babies |
bakery | bakeries |
balcony | balconies |
battery | batteries |
belly | bellies |
berry | berries |
biography | biographies |
body | bodies |
boundary | boundaries |
bribery | briberies |
bully | bullies |
bunny | bunnies |
bureaucracy | bureaucracies |
canary | canaries |
cavity | cavities |
city | cities |
colony | colonies |
copy | copies |
country | countries |
diary | diaries |
dictionary | dictionaries |
discovery | discoveries |
duty | duties |
economy | economies |
eighty | eighties |
embassy | embassies |
emergency | emergencies |
enemy | enemies |
facility | facilities |
factory | factories |
faculty | faculties |
fairy | fairies |
family | families |
felony | felonies |
fifty | fifties |
fishery | fisheries |
fly | flies |
formality | formalities |
forty | forties |
galaxy | galaxies |
gallery | galleries |
glossary | glossaries |
grocery | groceries |
heresy | heresies |
hierarchy | hierarchies |
history | histories |
hobby | hobbies |
humanity | humanities |
hypocrisy | hypocrisies |
identity | identities |
ideology | ideologies |
impurity | impurities |
industry | industries |
injury | injuries |
inquiry | inquiries |
jelly | jellies |
laboratory | laboratories |
lady | ladies |
liberty | liberties |
library | libraries |
lorry | lorries |
luxury | luxuries |
melody | melodies |
memory | memories |
methodology | methodologies |
ministry | ministries |
nanny | nannies |
nationality | nationalities |
necessity | necessities |
ninety | nineties |
nursery | nurseries |
obscurity | obscurities |
opportunity | opportunities |
oratory | oratories |
pantry | pantries |
party | parties |
pastry | pastries |
penalty | penalties |
penny | pennies |
pony | ponies |
poppy | poppies |
possibility | possibilities |
probability | probabilities |
prophecy | prophecies |
puppy | puppies |
quantity | quantities |
quarry | quarries |
query | queries |
reality | realities |
repository | repositories |
robbery | robberies |
rosary | rosaries |
sanctity | sanctities |
secretary | secretaries |
seventy | seventies |
sixty | sixties |
sky | skies |
soliloquy | soliloquies |
spy | spies |
story | stories |
study | studies |
supply | supplies |
surgery | surgeries |
tally | tallies |
theory | theories |
thirty | thirties |
tragedy | tragedies |
trophy | trophies |
try | tries |
twenty | twenties |
university | universities |
vacancy | vacancies |
variety | varieties |
worry | worries |