stonefruit

[dusty atlas]

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[tired coyote]

i mean they're pronounced the same way

[normal vector]

Wow I've never seen a word where an extra s is optional

[sacred fern]

"salle de bain(s)" is another example

Which you're probably familiar with

They're pronounced the same and the meaning is essentially the same

Plural usually implies there are multiple in one instance of the item but

[tired coyote]

yeah, i think it happens with such words, because it's literally impossible to disambiguate them orally