---
title: inflect.Singularize
description: Singularizes the given word according to a set of common English singularization rules.
categories: []
keywords: []
action:
  aliases: [singularize]
  related:
    - functions/inflect/Humanize
    - functions/inflect/Pluralize
  returnType: string
  signatures: [inflect.Singularize INPUT]
aliases: [/functions/singularize]
---

```go-html-template
{{ "cats" | singularize }} → cat
```

See also the `.Data.Singular` [taxonomy variable](/variables/taxonomy/) for singularizing taxonomy names.