diff --git a/src/common/get-file-info.js b/src/common/get-file-info.js
index f136d0db2..a099c7697 100644
--- a/src/common/get-file-info.js
+++ b/src/common/get-file-info.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import inferParser from "../main/infer-parser.js";
+import inferParser from "../utils/infer-parser.js";
 import { resolveConfig } from "../config/resolve-config.js";
 import { isIgnored } from "../utils/ignore.js";
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function getParser(filePath, options) {
     config = await resolveConfig(filePath);
   }
 
-  return config?.parser ?? inferParser(filePath, options.plugins);
+  return config?.parser ?? inferParser(options, { physicalFile: filePath });
 }
 
 export default getFileInfo;
diff --git a/src/language-html/parser-html.js b/src/language-html/parser-html.js
index 32c8e00bd..f73105ace 100644
--- a/src/language-html/parser-html.js
+++ b/src/language-html/parser-html.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   TagContentType,
 } from "angular-html-parser";
 import parseFrontMatter from "../utils/front-matter/parse.js";
-import inferParserByLanguage from "../utils/infer-parser-by-language.js";
+import inferParser from "../utils/infer-parser.js";
 import createError from "../common/parser-create-error.js";
 import HTML_TAGS from "./utils/html-tag-names.evaluate.js";
 import HTML_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES from "./utils/html-elements-attributes.evaluate.js";
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function ngHtmlParser(
           return false;
         }
         const language = node.attrs.find((attr) => attr.name === "lang")?.value;
-        return !language || inferParserByLanguage(options, language) === "html";
+        return !language || inferParser(options, { language }) === "html";
       };
       if (rootNodes.some(shouldParseAsHTML)) {
         /** @type {ParserTreeResult | undefined} */
diff --git a/src/language-html/utils/index.js b/src/language-html/utils/index.js
index 3bdee04c8..8d256ec6b 100644
--- a/src/language-html/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/language-html/utils/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 import isFrontMatter from "../../utils/front-matter/is-front-matter.js";
-import inferParserByLanguage from "../../utils/infer-parser-by-language.js";
+import inferParser from "../../utils/infer-parser.js";
 import { line, hardline, join } from "../../document/builders.js";
 import { replaceEndOfLine } from "../../document/utils.js";
 import {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ function inferStyleParser(node, options) {
   // But, we need to handle `"stylus"` here for printing a style block in Vue SFC as stylus code by external plugin.
   // https://github.com/prettier/prettier/pull/12707
   if (lang === "stylus") {
-    return inferParserByLanguage(options, "stylus");
+    return inferParser(options, { language: "stylus" });
   }
 }
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ function inferScriptParser(node, options) {
     return (
       _inferScriptParser(node) ||
       (!("src" in node.attrMap) &&
-        inferParserByLanguage(options, node.attrMap.lang))
+        inferParser(options, { language: node.attrMap.lang }))
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/language-markdown/embed.js b/src/language-markdown/embed.js
index 4c80d772a..763fa629f 100644
--- a/src/language-markdown/embed.js
+++ b/src/language-markdown/embed.js
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import getMaxContinuousCount from "../utils/get-max-continuous-count.js";
 import { hardline, markAsRoot } from "../document/builders.js";
 import { replaceEndOfLine } from "../document/utils.js";
 import printFrontMatter from "../utils/front-matter/print.js";
-import inferParserByLanguage from "../utils/infer-parser-by-language.js";
+import inferParser from "../utils/infer-parser.js";
 import { getFencedCodeBlockValue } from "./utils.js";
 
 function embed(path, options) {
   const { node } = path;
 
   if (node.type === "code" && node.lang !== null) {
-    const parser = inferParserByLanguage(options, node.lang);
+    const parser = inferParser(options, { language: node.lang });
     if (parser) {
       return async (textToDoc) => {
         const styleUnit = options.__inJsTemplate ? "~" : "`";
diff --git a/src/main/infer-parser.js b/src/main/infer-parser.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c84ecb82..000000000
--- a/src/main/infer-parser.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import path from "node:path";
-import getInterpreter from "../utils/get-interpreter.js";
-
-function inferParser(filepath, plugins) {
-  const filename = path.basename(filepath).toLowerCase();
-  const languages = plugins.flatMap((plugin) => plugin.languages ?? []);
-
-  // If the file has no extension, we can try to infer the language from the
-  // interpreter in the shebang line, if any; but since this requires FS access,
-  // do it last.
-  let language = languages.find(
-    (language) =>
-      language.extensions?.some((extension) => filename.endsWith(extension)) ||
-      language.filenames?.some((name) => name.toLowerCase() === filename)
-  );
-
-  if (
-    process.env.PRETTIER_TARGET !== "universal" &&
-    !language &&
-    !filename.includes(".")
-  ) {
-    const interpreter = getInterpreter(filepath);
-    if (interpreter) {
-      language = languages.find((language) =>
-        language.interpreters?.includes(interpreter)
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-  return language?.parsers[0];
-}
-
-export default inferParser;
diff --git a/src/main/normalize-format-options.js b/src/main/normalize-format-options.js
index 642ec942e..3a7c70044 100644
--- a/src/main/normalize-format-options.js
+++ b/src/main/normalize-format-options.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { UndefinedParserError } from "../common/errors.js";
 import { getSupportInfo } from "../main/support.js";
+import inferParser from "../utils/infer-parser.js";
 import normalizeOptions from "./normalize-options.js";
 import { resolveParser } from "./parser.js";
-import inferParser from "./infer-parser.js";
 
 const formatOptionsHiddenDefaults = {
   astFormat: "estree",
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ async function normalizeFormatOptions(options, opts = {}) {
       );
       rawOptions.parser = "babel";
     } else {
-      rawOptions.parser = inferParser(rawOptions.filepath, rawOptions.plugins);
+      rawOptions.parser = inferParser(rawOptions, {
+        physicalFile: rawOptions.filepath,
+      });
       if (!rawOptions.parser) {
         throw new UndefinedParserError(
           `No parser could be inferred for file: ${rawOptions.filepath}`
diff --git a/src/utils/infer-parser-by-language.js b/src/utils/infer-parser-by-language.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 36e147553..000000000
--- a/src/utils/infer-parser-by-language.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-function inferParserByLanguage(options, language) {
-  if (!language) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const languages = options.plugins.flatMap((plugin) => plugin.languages ?? []);
-
-  const matched =
-    languages.find(({ name }) => name.toLowerCase() === language) ??
-    languages.find(({ aliases }) => aliases?.includes(language)) ??
-    languages.find(({ extensions }) => extensions?.includes(`.${language}`));
-  return matched?.parsers[0];
-}
-
-export default inferParserByLanguage;
diff --git a/src/utils/infer-parser.js b/src/utils/infer-parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e018766ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/infer-parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import getInterpreter from "./get-interpreter.js";
+
+// Didn't use `path.basename` since this module need work in browsers too
+const getFileBasename = (file) => file.split(/[/\\]/).pop();
+
+function getLanguageByFilename(languages, filename) {
+  if (!filename) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const basename = getFileBasename(filename).toLowerCase();
+
+  return languages.find(
+    (language) =>
+      language.extensions?.some((extension) => basename.endsWith(extension)) ||
+      language.filenames?.some((name) => name.toLowerCase() === basename)
+  );
+}
+
+function getLanguageByName(languages, languageName) {
+  if (!languageName) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    languages.find(({ name }) => name.toLowerCase() === languageName) ??
+    languages.find(({ aliases }) => aliases?.includes(languageName)) ??
+    languages.find(({ extensions }) => extensions?.includes(`.${languageName}`))
+  );
+}
+
+function getLanguageByInterpreter(languages, file) {
+  if (
+    process.env.PRETTIER_TARGET === "universal" ||
+    !file ||
+    getFileBasename(file).includes(".")
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const interpreter = getInterpreter(file);
+
+  if (!interpreter) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  return languages.find((language) =>
+    language.interpreters?.includes(interpreter)
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {import("../index.js").Options} options
+ * @param {{physicalFile?: string, file?: string, language?: string}} fileInfo
+ * @returns {string | void} matched parser name if found
+ */
+function inferParser(options, fileInfo) {
+  const languages = options.plugins.flatMap(
+    (plugin) =>
+      // @ts-expect-error -- Safe
+      plugin.languages ?? []
+  );
+
+  // If the file has no extension, we can try to infer the language from the
+  // interpreter in the shebang line, if any; but since this requires FS access,
+  // do it last.
+  const language =
+    getLanguageByName(languages, fileInfo.language) ??
+    getLanguageByFilename(languages, fileInfo.physicalFile) ??
+    getLanguageByFilename(languages, fileInfo.file) ??
+    getLanguageByInterpreter(languages, fileInfo.physicalFile);
+
+  return language?.parsers[0];
+}
+
+export default inferParser;