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When forming the plural of singular words that end in the letter Y, the Y is removed and replaced by IE, followed by the S.

Examples : property / properties -- city / cities -- viscosity / viscosities

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Words that use ies at the end?

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What is the plural of vicinity?

Vicinities, almost all plurals of words that end "y" is "ies".


Words that end in es or ies?

Some plural nouns that end in -es or -ies are:baby, babiesberry, berriesbox, boxesbranch, branchesflash, flashesfox, foxesglass, glassesguess, guesseskiss, kissesmatch, matchesmiss, missespony, poniesquiz, quizzesshelf, shelvesstory, storieswaltz, waltzeswatch, watcheswish, wisheswolf, wolveswrench, wrenches


What words end in ies?

lies, flies, lillies, monies,


What words begin with the letter p and end in ies?

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Words that end in ies?

spies ponies armies bullies babies


What happens to words that end in y?

Many of them change to -ies for the plural.


Words that end in the vowel y and add es?

Some words that end in the vowel y and add es to form the plural are alley, journey, and key.


What are some plural nouns that end with ies?

Some examples of nouns that the plural form ends with -ies are:try, triesfry, friessupply, suppliesparty, partiespanty, pantiespatty, pattieslady, ladiesbaby, babiesworry, worriescherry, cherries


Why does keys not end with 'ies'?

Words that drop the ending "y" and add "-ies" are those for which the penultimate letter of the word is a consonant. As the penultimate letter of keys is a vowel, the final consonant y is retained and an s is added at the end.


What are some words ending in ies?

ski, chili, xi, chi, qi


What is the rule for adding ies to the end of words that end in y?

If the word has a consonant before the final 'y' then the plural ends with 'ies':baby - babiespuppy - puppiesbully - bullieslily - liliesIf the word has a vowel before the final y then you just add an 's':day - daysmonkey - monkeystoy - toyssurvey - surveys