Title Case Converter
Title case is what headlines, book titles, and article names use: the important words are capitalised, and short connecting words stay lowercase. Paste your headline below and click Title Case to apply the rules automatically.
Example
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogThe Quick Brown Fox Jumps over the Lazy DogThe rules this tool applies
- Capitalise the first and last word of the title, always.
- Capitalise all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
- Keep articles (a, an, the) lowercase in the middle of a title.
- Keep short prepositions and conjunctions (of, in, on, to, for, and, but, or) lowercase in the middle.
Title Case vs Capitalized Case
- These two are constantly confused, and picking the wrong one is the most common headline formatting mistake.
- Title Case follows editorial style: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps over the Lazy Dog. Notice "over" and the second "the" stay lowercase.
- Capitalized Case capitalises everything without exception: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.
- Use Title Case for anything an editor will read — articles, books, papers, page titles. Capitalized Case is fine for short UI labels and product names where the editorial rules would look fussy.
AP, Chicago, MLA and APA — which style is this?
The major style guides agree on the core idea and differ mainly on where the preposition cutoff sits. AP capitalises prepositions of four letters or more; Chicago keeps all prepositions lowercase regardless of length; APA capitalises words of four letters or more. This tool follows the widely-used middle ground — short function words lowercase, everything else capitalised — which matches AP and Chicago for the vast majority of real headlines. For a strict academic submission, check your specific style guide for edge cases like hyphenated compounds and subtitles after a colon.