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Plural of hoof

irregular plural

The plural of hoof is hooves or hoofs.

Forms of hoof

Singularhoof /hʊf/
Pluralhooves /hʊvz/
hoofs /hufs/
Countablecountable

Hooves and hoofs in a sentence

  • Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.From the entry spring
  • Even a moment’s hesitation could be punished by a swift but painful death beneath the bicorns’ hooves.2022, Hisaya Amagishi, translated by Nikolas Stirling, Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools, volume 3, J-Novel Club…. From the entry bicorn
  • Why they didn’t both break their necks or get hamburgered by cloven hooves was a mystery.2020, Lynn Stansbury, Crossing the Divide, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse. From the entry hamburger
  • They heard the sound of hooves – big beasts, galloping fast.2017, Doug Wilson, The Time Road: Part 2: the Changeling Warriors, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry dullaghan
  • I strove to hear the bread-woman’s song or the clopping hooves, but I heard nothing.2017, Robin Hobb [pen name; Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden], Assassin’s Fate (book III of the The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy), Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry breadmonger

Meaning of hoof

  1. noun The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  2. noun The human foot.
  3. noun An ungula.

Full definition of hoof

Nouns ending in -f: plural -ves

Questions about the plural of hoof

What is the plural of hoof?
The plural of hoof is hooves or hoofs.
Which is correct, hooves or hoofs?
Both are used. hooves is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is hoof countable?
Hoof is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hoof (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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