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 |
