| One syllable | Longer words | Changing y to i before suffixes ‘es’ and ‘ed’ | Diminutive |
| brief chief fief field grief grieve mien priest shield shriek spiel thief thieve wield yield | achieve aggrieve belief believe bolshie bowie brownie caddie calorie collie cookie diesel frieze movie niece relief relieve reprieve retrieve riesling species | baby-babies-babied belly-bellies-bellied body-bodies-bodied bully-bullies-bullied candy-candies-candied carry-carries-carried copy-copies-copied curry-curries-curried dirty-dirties-dirtied eighty-eighties empty-empties-emptied entry-entries envy-envies-envied fancy-fancies-fancied ferry-ferries-ferried fifty-fifties fogy-fogies foundry-foundries funny-funnies fury-furies glory-glories-gloried hobby-hobbies hurry-hurries-hurried jelly-jellies-jellied laundry-laundries levy-levies-levied lobby-lobbies-lobbied marry-marries-married mercy-mercies muddy-muddies-muddied nasty-nasties navy-navies party-parties-partied pastry-pastries pity-pities-pitied query-queries-queried rally-rallies-rallied silky-silkies sixty-sixties steady-steadies-steadied story-stories-storied study-studies-studied sundry-sundries tally-tallies-tallied thirty-thirties tidy-tidies-tidied tiny-tinies trendy-trendies twenty-twenties vary-varies-varied worry-worries-worried | Aussie barbie bickies boardies bookie brekkie brickie budgie cardie cockie coldie dearie doggie duckie freshie horsie kiddie maggie mushies pollie Pommie postie pushie roadie scratchies selfie sparkie stubbie sunnies surfie swaggie sweetie tinnie townie trackies truckie undies vegie Vinnies westie wharfie woolies |
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