Does STATUS have a plural spelling?

Hi,
statuses
Clive

'Statuses' is the common lazy slap an 'es' on the end method that has made it into American dictionaries.
If you want to be a purist, you should treat this Latin word as intended and go with the fourth declination of it, resulting in the plural of 'status' remaining as 'status'.
Consider it this way: the Latin plural for 'Alumnus' is 'Alumni'. You wouldn't try to refer to the plural as 'Al

English is not Latin.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying "statuses" if you happen to need to use a plural form of "status" on occasion.
If the British National Corpus is anything to go by, the use of "statuses" is not limited to North America.

Hi Anonymous person,
In your whole life, have you ever heard a native speaker say 'stati'?

Best wishes, Clive

So you would say sheeps then?

Your leap in logic is puzzling.

English words take plurals in different ways.

Penguin - Penguins

Child - Children

Woman - women

Goose - geese

Sheep - sheep

Why would you think that because we use a widely accepted form of a plural word using one method that we would apply it to every other word?

When English words a

Hi Anon:
Miriam Webster lists "statuses" as the plural form.
You apparently do not know how lexicographers (the professionals who compile dictionaries) work. They don't invent language, words, or word forms, but document how people use words in actual practice. This has been their modus operandi since Samuel Johnson's first English dictionary.

That's why radius has its 1st pl

woops! Definitely spoke too soon. Touche', redacted.

What is the plural of annonymous?

Anonymous What is the plural of annonymous?

I would say “anons” for the plural form of anonymous. It's lengthy to say anonymouses in everyday conversation, except for hippopotamuses where it is not used regularly