# symfony/inflector

Converts words between their singular and plural forms (English only)

Repository: https://github.com/symfony/inflector
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/symfony-inflector
Homepage: https://symfony.com/inflector
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, symfony, component, symfony-component, inflection, pluralize, singularize, string, words
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-11-13T13:51:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3807, "days_push": 658, "days_rel": 658, "gap_med": 17, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2172, forks 10 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.877097+00:00)

## What it is
A Symfony component that converts English words between their singular and plural forms. It has been deprecated since Symfony 5.1 in favor of the EnglishInflector class in the Symfony String component.

## Use cases
- pluralize English words in PHP
- singularize English words in PHP
- inflect words for table or class naming conventions
- convert singular nouns to plural in code generation
- normalize word forms in a PHP application

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Symfony application already using this component
- you need simple English singular/plural conversion in PHP

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use symfony/string EnglishInflector instead
- you need inflection for languages other than English
- you need actively developed or feature-enhanced inflection

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: nlp, parser
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: php
- tags: inflection, pluralize, singularize, string-manipulation, symfony-component, deprecated, english-only, natural-language-processing

## Member repositories
- symfony/inflector (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.877097+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:49:14.359117+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/symfony/inflector (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.877097+00:00, sha 98f3a322b828)
  - homepage: https://symfony.com/inflector (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:21.613472+00:00, sha cea445f34927)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:21.615888+00:00, sha 44889134f4fb)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/string.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:21.617943+00:00, sha 83577e2d970a)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:21.620419+00:00, sha 5bd749e2b676)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:21.622223+00:00, sha d8584ccbba1c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.