This is a C# port of Blake Embrey's pluralize library which helps in pluralizing or singularizing any English word.
Changes reflect commits up to https://github.com/blakeembrey/pluralize/commit/0265e4d131ecad8e11c420fa4be98b75dc92c33d from May 25, 2019.
I could not find a good C# alternative for converting words from singular to plural and vice versa. System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices.PluralizationService and Humanizer library did not meet the expectations (try 'shoes' or 'toes'). However this small but awesome Javascript libray pluralize worked very well for me and I decided to convert the code to C# and use it.
Install from NuGet
Using Package manager console
Install-Package Pluralize.NET
Using dotnet CLI
dotnet add package Pluralize.NET
Using paket CLI
paket add Pluralize.NET
Include using directive
using Pluralize.NETWrite code
IPluralize pluralizer = new Pluralizer();
pluralizer.Singularize("Horses"); //=> "Horse"
pluralizer.Pluralize("Horse"); //=> "Horses"
// Example of new plural rule:
pluralizer.Pluralize("regex"); //=> "regexes"
pluralizer.AddPluralRule(new Regex("gex$"), "gexii");
pluralizer.Pluralize("regex"); //=> "regexii"
// Example of new singular rule:
pluralizer.Singularize('singles'); //=> "single"
pluralizer.AddSingularRule(new Regex("singles"), 'singular');
pluralizer.Singularize('singles'); //=> "singular"
// Example of new irregular rule, e.g. "I" -> "we":
pluralizer.Pluralize('irregular'); //=> "irregulars"
pluralizer.AddIrregularRule('irregular', 'regular');
pluralizer.Pluralize('irregular'); //=> "regular"
// Example of uncountable rule (rules without singular/plural in context):
pluralizer.Pluralize('paper'); //=> "papers"
pluralizer.AddUncountableRule('paper');
pluralizer.Pluralize('paper'); //=> "paper"
// Example of asking whether a word looks singular or plural:
pluralizer.IsPlural('test'); //=> false
pluralizer.IsSingular('test'); //=> true
// Example of formatting a word based on count
pluralizer.Format(5, "dog"); // => "dogs"
pluralizer.Format(5, "dog", inclusive: true); // => "5 dogs"Profit!
The Nuget package supports the following .NET versions. This pretty much covers versions 4.0 and above. Please open an issue if you want to support any .NET version in particular.
- .NET 4.0
- .NET Standard 1.1
- .NET 4.5.1
- .NET 4.6
- .NET Standard 2.0
MIT - because the original project is MIT
 Sarath Kumar CM 💻 |
 Daniel Destouche 💻 |
 Dennis Pražák 💻 |
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!