diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 698bcb841..98e9e0eb3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 	github.com/gosimple/slug v1.9.0
 	github.com/jinzhu/gorm v1.9.12
+	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0
 	github.com/kardianos/osext v0.0.0-20190222173326-2bc1f35cddc0 // indirect
 	github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.15.6
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/query/query.go b/internal/query/query.go
index b0d432a17..55774819c 100644
--- a/internal/query/query.go
+++ b/internal/query/query.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/event"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/txt"
 
+	"github.com/jinzhu/inflection"
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
 )
 
@@ -58,11 +59,6 @@ func UnscopedDb() *gorm.DB {
 	return entity.Db().Unscoped()
 }
 
-// IsDialect returns true if the given sql dialect is used.
-func IsDialect(name string) bool {
-	return name == Db().Dialect().GetName()
-}
-
 // DbDialect returns the sql dialect name.
 func DbDialect() string {
 	return Db().Dialect().GetName()
@@ -84,6 +80,12 @@ func LikeAny(col, search string) (where string) {
 		} else {
 			wheres = append(wheres, fmt.Sprintf("%s = '%s'", col, w))
 		}
+
+		singular := inflection.Singular(w)
+
+		if singular != w {
+			wheres = append(wheres, fmt.Sprintf("%s = '%s'", col, singular))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return strings.Join(wheres, " OR ")
@@ -103,7 +105,15 @@ func AnySlug(col, search, sep string) (where string) {
 	var words []string
 
 	for _, w := range strings.Split(search, sep) {
-		words = append(words, slug.Make(strings.TrimSpace(w)))
+		w = strings.TrimSpace(w)
+
+		words = append(words, slug.Make(w))
+
+		singular := inflection.Singular(w)
+
+		if singular != w {
+			words = append(words, slug.Make(singular))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(words) == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/query/query_test.go b/internal/query/query_test.go
index 1d23061ed..633742582 100644
--- a/internal/query/query_test.go
+++ b/internal/query/query_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func TestLikeAny(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "k.keyword = 'cat' OR k.keyword = 'dog'", where)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("cats dogs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		where := LikeAny("k.keyword", "cats dogs")
+		assert.Equal(t, "k.keyword LIKE 'cats%' OR k.keyword = 'cat' OR k.keyword LIKE 'dogs%' OR k.keyword = 'dog'", where)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("spoon", func(t *testing.T) {
 		where := LikeAny("k.keyword", "spoon")
 		assert.Equal(t, "k.keyword LIKE 'spoon%'", where)
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ func TestAnySlug(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "custom_slug = 'cat' OR custom_slug = 'dog'", where)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("cats dogs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		where := AnySlug("custom_slug", "cats dogs", " ")
+		assert.Equal(t, "custom_slug = 'cats' OR custom_slug = 'cat' OR custom_slug = 'dogs' OR custom_slug = 'dog'", where)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("spoon", func(t *testing.T) {
 		where := AnySlug("custom_slug", "spoon", " ")
 		assert.Equal(t, "custom_slug = 'spoon'", where)