cakes
The plural of "cake" is cakes.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and cake follows this rule.
Meaning: a sweet baked food made from flour, eggs and sugar (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with cakes: the cakes are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: cakes'.
How do you pronounce it?
cake is pronounced /keɪk/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. cakes means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- She baked two cakes for the party.Singular: She baked one cake for the party.
- The cakes are on the table.Singular: The cake is on the table.
