| -al | arrival, betrayal, refusal |
| -ance | maintenance, nonchelance |
| -ence | conference, transference |
| -dom | Christendom, kingdon, wisdom |
| -hood | brotherhood, manhood, neighborhood |
| -ship | friendship |
| -ee | nominee, returnee, trainee |
| -er | transformer, transmitter |
| -ess | actress, princess |
| -ice | apprentice, novice, service |
| -ism | fetishism, pessimism, socialism |
| -ist | antagonist, psychiatrist |
| -ity | possibility |
| -ty | liberty, loyalty |
| -ium | auditorium |
| -ment | abridgment, alignment |
| -ness | hopefulness |
| -or | innovator, mediator |
| -(s)ion | depression, suspension |
| -(t)ion | coalition, liberation |
| -ure | expenditure, seizure |
| -y, -ry | irony, sympathy, rivalry |
| -cy | bankruptcy, consistency |
| -able | disposable, readable |
| -ible | contemptible, irresistible |
| -al | fiscal, nocturnal |
| -ial | custodial, parochial |
| -ual | casual, gradual, manual, visual |
| -ese | Chinese, Portuguese |
| -ic | euphonic, rhapsodic, sporadic, symphonic |
| -tic | aromatic, dogmatic, pathetic, synthetic |
| -ine | bovine, serpentine |
| -ile | ductile, infantile, senile, sterile |
| -ive | pensive, regressive, sedative |
| -ish | greenish, selfish |
| -ful | graceful, resentful, sinful |
| -less | defenseless, relentless |
| -like | homelike, zephyrlike |
| -ous | analogous, hazardous, rigorous |
| -ious | devious, tedious |
| -ate | annihilate, compensate |
| -ify | amplify, gratify, pacify |
| -ize | burglarize, ostracize, subsidize |
| -ly | adroitly, astutely, complacently, defiantly, warily ... and many many
more.
Added to adjectives this suffix makes most of the adverbs in the English language |