Title case converter
Capitalize the first letter of each word. Mechanical title case, not Chicago or AP style.
Paste a title. If you need house style for small words, edit those words after the transform.
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The first letter of each word is capitalized and the other letters are lowercase. Words such as “of” and “the” are capitalized. “o’clock” becomes “O’clock”.
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How to convert to title case
- Paste a heading, a title, or a button label. Do not paste a long article unless you want every word capitalized.
- Read the result, then fix small words if your style guide lowercases them. The tool will not keep a private list of exceptions.
- Check apostrophes. “o’clock” becomes “O’clock”. Names with internal capitals, such as “McDonald”, become “Mcdonald” because the rest of the word is lowercased.
- For a sentence rather than a title, switch to sentence case. For a fully capital label, use the uppercase converter.
The mechanical rule
The text is lowercased with English (United States) mapping, then each word’s first letter is capitalized. A word is a run of letters that may include an apostrophe, so the apostrophe in “o’clock” does not start a second word. The sample phrase “meet at o’clock” becomes “Meet At O'clock”. “of” and “the” are capitalized because they are words. Digits at the start of a token are left alone. A letter after a digit can remain lowercase if the matcher treats the digit as breaking the letter run. Look at product names that start with a number before you publish them.
Chicago, AP, and similar headline styles capitalize the first and last word and then skip a list of articles and prepositions, and the lists are not identical. Implementing one of them and calling it “title case” would be a different product, and it would still be wrong for the house style next door. This page would rather be a blunt rule you can finish by hand than a silent approximation of one manual. If you need the words in lowercase first so you can see them without the original shouting, the lowercase converter is the reset. You do not need it before title case. Title case already lowercases the tails of the words.
Hyphenated compounds are capitalized on both sides: “well-known” becomes “Well-Known”. That matches many mechanical converters and mismatches some style guides. It is called out here so you do not discover it in a published nav label. Sentence case will not split the hyphen into two capitals in the same way, because it only lifts the start of a sentence. Compare them on a single heading before you standardize a site.
What this does to names and acronyms
“NASA budget” becomes “Nasa Budget”. “iPhone” becomes “Iphone”. Internal capitals are destroyed because the rule lowercases the remainder of the word. That is the correct behavior for a shouted headline and the wrong behavior for a trademark. Retype trademarks after the transform. The tool will not keep a brand list, because a stale brand list is worse than a rule you can see. Body copy should go throughsentence case, which still will not know that “iPhone” needs a capital P.
Limitations
- Small words are capitalized. This is not Chicago, AP, MLA, or APA headline style.
- Internal capitals and trademarks are lowercased after the first letter.
- The locale is English (United States). Turkish case pairs are not handled.
- The page does not check whether the result fits a character limit. Count it afterward on the character counter if the title has a cap.
Questions people ask
Why is “of” capitalized?
Because this is mechanical title case. The first letter of every word is capitalized, including “of”, “the”, and “a”. Chicago, AP, and MLA keep some of those words lowercase, and they do not all keep the same list. This page does not pretend to be those styles. Edit the small words after the transform if your house style requires it.
What happens to “o’clock”?
The apostrophe stays inside the word, and only the first letter is capitalized. The result is “O’clock”, not “O’Clock”. The sample on this page includes that word so you can see the rule.
Will this capitalize after a hyphen?
A hyphen separates the letter sequences the matcher sees, so “well-known” becomes “Well-Known”. That is a common mechanical outcome and not a promise about your style guide. Change it if the guide wants “Well-known”.
Is title case the same as sentence case?
No. Sentence case capitalizes the start of a sentence and the pronoun I, and it leaves the other words lowercase. Title case capitalizes every word. A paragraph run through title case looks like a headline. Use the sentence case converter for body text.
Is the heading uploaded?
No. Title case is applied in the browser. The heading is not sent to a server.