Sentence Case Converter
Sentence case means only the first letter of each sentence is a capital, as in ordinary prose: "THE REPORT IS READY." becomes "The report is ready." Paste text and it is converted as you type.
Title Case Converter
Title case capitalizes the important words of a headline and keeps articles, short conjunctions and short prepositions lowercase: "how to train your dragon" becomes "How to Train Your Dragon". The first and last word always get a capital.
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How to use
- Paste a headline, or a list of headlines with one per line.
- Each line is capitalized as a separate title using English headline rules.
- Copy the result and check any brand names with unusual capitals, such as iPhone.
Examples
- Before
- how to train your dragon
- After
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Before
- the art of war: a new translation
- After
- The Art of War: A New Translation
- Before
- state-of-the-art tools for data science
- After
- State-of-the-Art Tools for Data Science
- Before
- a guide to life between the wars
- After
- A Guide to Life Between the Wars
The rules this converter applies
English title case comes down to one question per word: is it a major word or a minor one?
- Minor words stay lowercase: a, an, the; and, but, for, nor, or; and prepositions of four letters or fewer such as at, by, from, in, of, on, to, with.
- Major words get a capital: nouns, verbs (including “Is”, “Are”, “Be”), adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and prepositions of five letters or more.
- Position overrides the list: the first word, the last word and the word after a colon are always capitalized. “Star Wars: A New Hope”, “What Are You Looking At”.
Each line is converted as its own title, so you can paste a list of fifty blog post titles and get fifty correctly capitalized headlines back. Web addresses such as apple.com are left as typed, and acronyms written in capitals stay in capitals.
Common mistakes
- Capitalizing every short word. “How To Make Money From Home” looks like title case but breaks it: “to” and “from” are short prepositions. Correct: “How to Make Money from Home”.
- Lowercasing short verbs. “Is” and “Be” are verbs, not minor words: “What Is the Best Option”, not “What is the Best Option”.
- Brands with internal capitals. The converter writes “Iphone” and “Ebay” at the start of a word. Restore “iPhone” and “eBay” by hand.
- All-caps input. Convert from lowercase or normal text when possible. From full capitals, acronyms are lost: “NASA” becomes “Nasa”.
- Mixing styles on one page. If your headings use title case, use it for every heading at that level. A list where some items are “How to Start” and others “How To Start” looks unedited.
When to use title case
Title case is the tradition for English book, film and song titles, newspaper headlines, and the names of reports and presentations. Academic styles (APA, MLA) also ask for it in titles of works and headings, with small variations. Many websites and apps now prefer sentence case for interface headings; if your style guide does, use the sentence case converter instead.
Frequently asked questions
Which words are not capitalized in a title?
Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or) and prepositions of up to four letters (as, at, by, from, in, into, of, on, onto, per, to, upon, via, vs, with) stay lowercase, unless they are the first or last word or come right after a colon. Everything else is capitalized, including short verbs such as "Is" and "Be" and pronouns such as "It".
What is the difference between AP and Chicago title case?
AP style capitalizes every word of four letters or more, so it writes "Life With Father". Chicago style lowercases all prepositions regardless of length: "Life between the Wars". This converter sits between them: prepositions up to four letters stay lowercase and longer ones such as "Between", "About" and "Through" get a capital. Check those words if your publication follows one guide strictly.
How are hyphenated words capitalized?
Each part follows the same rules as a separate word: "Step-by-Step", "State-of-the-Art", "Long-Term". Small words inside a hyphenated compound stay lowercase.
Does title case keep acronyms?
Yes, as long as the rest of the headline is not in capitals: "how nasa builds rovers" loses the acronym, but "how NASA builds rovers" keeps it. If the whole input is in capitals, the converter cannot tell acronyms from words: "NASA LAUNCHES NEW ROVER" becomes "Nasa Launches New Rover".
Is title case the same as capitalizing every word?
No. Capitalizing every word gives "The Lord Of The Rings"; title case gives "The Lord of the Rings". If you need every word capitalized, for names or table headers, use Capitalized Case in the case converter.