Singular to Plural Nouns – The ending -is is changed to -es (List)

Some singular nouns ending in -is form their plural by changing the ending to -es. The table below lists these nouns in both their singular and plural forms to help you learn and remember this spelling pattern easily.

SingularPlural
acanthosisacanthoses
acidosisacidoses
acropolisacropolises
analysisanalyses
anamnesisanamneses
anastomosisanastomoses
anthracosisanthracoses
antithesisantitheses
apotheosisapotheoses
apoptosisapoptoses
arthrosisarthroses
asbestosisasbestoses
axisaxes
basisbases
biogenesisbiogeneses
biosynthesisbiosyntheses
catharsiscatharses
cirrhosiscirrhoses
crisiscrises
cyanosiscyanoses
cytolysiscytolyses
dialysisdialyses
diathesisdiatheses
diuresisdiureses
ecchymosisecchymoses
ellipsisellipses
embolism (not -is)
emphasisemphases
endocytosisendocytoses
endometriosisendometrioses
enuresisenureses
epiphysisepiphyses
epistasisepistases
epistaxisepistaxes
exocytosisexocytoses
genesisgeneses
glottisglottises
gnosisgnoses
halitosishalitoses
hematopoiesishematopoieses
hemolysishemolyses
homeostasishomeostases
hypnosishypnoses
hypothesishypotheses
hypostasishypostases
irisirises
karyokinesiskaryokineses
karyolysiskaryolyses
kinesiskineses
leukocytosisleukocytoses
lithiasislithiases
lysislyses
meiosismeioses
metamorphosismetamorphoses
metaplasismetaplases
metaphysismetaphyses
metastasismetastases
metathesismetatheses
metempsychosismetempsychoses
mitosismitoses
mimesismimeses
mycosismycoses
narcosisnarcoses
nares (pl.)
necrosisnecroses
nemesisnemeses
nephrosisnephroses
neurosisneuroses
oasisoases
osmosisosmoses
osteolysisosteolyses
paralysisparalyses
parenthesisparentheses
paresispareses
pathogenesispathogeneses
peristalsisperistalses
phagocytosisphagocytoses
phimosisphimoses
photosynthesisphotosyntheses
prognosisprognoses
prosthesisprostheses
proteolysisproteolyses
psoriasispsoriases
psychosispsychoses
ptosisptoses
praxispraxes
sclerosisscleroses
sepsissepses
stasisstases
symbiosissymbioses
symphysissymphyses
synapsissynapses
synopsissynopses
synthesissyntheses
telekinesistelekineses
testistestes
thesistheses
thoracentesisthoracenteses
thrombosisthromboses
tmesistmeses
ureterolithiasisureterolithiases
urolithiasisurolithiases
virosisviroses