# Install syllable with npm

Count syllables in English words. Version 5.0.1 via npm; verified 2022-11-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:syllable
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g syllable
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:syllable
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/syllable>
- **Version:** 5.0.1
- **Source summary:** Count syllables in English words
- **Homepage:** <https://words.github.io/syllable/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/words/syllable>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://words.github.io/syllable/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/syllable/-/syllable-5.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/words/syllable/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-11-02T12:03:00.140Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-02T12:03:00.140Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- syllable (cli)
- syllable (alias)

## Dependencies

- @types/pluralize
- normalize-strings
- pluralize

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- c8
- prettier
- remark-cli
- remark-preset-wooorm
- type-coverage
- typescript
- xo

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 5.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2022-11-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/words/syllable
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for syllable. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.0.1
- **Version Count:** 23
- **Maintainers:** wooorm, zeke
- **Author:** Titus Wormer
- **Publisher:** wooorm
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm>
- **Integrity:** sha512-HWtNCp6v7J8H0lrT8j1HHjfOLltRoDcC7QRFVu25p4BE52JqetXG65nqC7CsatT8WQRfY4Qvh93BWJIUxbmXFg==
- **Shasum:** ae283ef2b488e6047bfb9da7874a72f4df0eb881
- **Unpacked Size:** 18,731
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-09-13T16:56:25.880Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-11-02T12:03:00.140Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-11-02T12:03:00.253Z


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph