Singular/Plural Notifications Form | Singular/Plural Notifications Wiki
Some applicants may apply for strings that inadvertently or purposefully form meaningful words across different languages, and these words can have different meanings in different languages and may have singular and plural forms.
In order to reduce the risk of end user confusion, the delegation of singulars and plurals of the same word in the same language is prohibited, provided ICANN receives a notification and the notification is determined to be legitimate per the criteria in the AGB Section 4.4.
Anyone, including, but not limited to applicants in the New gTLD Program, operators of delegated gTLDs, governments, and members of the general public, can raise concerns regarding singular/plural issues.
| Applies to | Any applied-for gTLD string that may be the singular or plural form of another applied-for string, a string being processed from a previous new gTLD round, an existing gTLD in the same language, or a Blocked Name. |
| Submitted by | Anyone |
| Timeline | Notifications must be submitted within 30 days immediately following String Confirmation Day, which is on 17 November, 2026. Notifications submitted outside the filing window will not be considered, absent extraordinary circumstances. During the filing window, information about submitted notifications will be published to the Singular/Plural Notifications Wiki page on a rolling basis. |
| Requirements | For complete submission and supporting evidence requirements, see Section 4.4.1 Singular/Plural Notification Requirements of the Applicant Guidebook (AGB), the Singular/Plural Notification FAQ pages, and the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation FAQ pages. |
How to Submit |
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| Outcome | Applied-for strings that receive a Singular/Plural Notification must go through Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation. See further detail in the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation FAQ pages. |
| Applicant Notification | Applicants are only notified that their string received a Singular/Plural Notification after the Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation is conducted and the evaluation determines the application is unable to proceed or is placed in a contention set. During the filing window, information about submitted notifications will be published to the Singular/Plural Notifications Wiki page on a rolling basis. Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation results will be published on this page once they are finalized. |
| Evaluation Challenge | Applicants have 21 days to challenge a validated Singular/Plural Notification once a notification is issued with the determination. Evaluation Challenges must be filed through the TLD Application Management System (TAMS) and are assessed under the "clearly erroneous" standard as described in Section 4.4.4 Challenging the Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation of the AGB. See further detail in the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation FAQ pages. Evaluation Challenges are published to the Evaluation Challenge Mechanism page (coming soon) and managed on the Evaluation Challenge Mechanism Wiki. |
| Resources | Applicant Guidebook: Other resources: |