Title Case Converter
Type or paste your title below. Pick a style guide and get correct capitalization instantly — minor words lowercased, first and last words capitalized, hyphenated words handled. Everything runs in your browser.
Converted title
What the styles do differently
All four styles capitalize the first word, the last word, and every major word. They differ on the small words in the middle:
- APA and AP lowercase minor words of three letters or fewer (a, an, the, and, but, or, for, as, at, by, in, of, off, on, to, up, via…) and capitalize any word of four letters or more — including prepositions like With, From, Between.
- Chicago and MLA lowercase articles, coordinating conjunctions and ALL prepositions regardless of length — so over, with, between stay lowercase unless they are the first or last word.
- In every style: the word right after a colon is capitalized, both halves of a hyphenated word are capitalized (State-of-the-Art), and acronyms are left as typed (NASA, U.S.).
Is my title uploaded anywhere?
No. Conversion runs entirely in your browser with JavaScript — nothing is sent to a server, stored, or logged.
How do I capitalize my title correctly?
Paste the title above and pick your style guide. As a rule of thumb: capitalize the first word, the last word, and all major words; lowercase short joining words like a, an, the, and, of, in — exactly which ones depends on the style (APA, Chicago, MLA or AP).
Which words are not capitalized in a title?
Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) and short prepositions (of, in, on, at, to, by, up…) stay lowercase — unless they are the first or last word of the title, or follow a colon. APA/AP capitalize prepositions of 4+ letters (With, From); Chicago/MLA keep all prepositions lowercase.
What is the difference between title case and sentence case?
Title case capitalizes every major word (This Is a Title). Sentence case capitalizes only the first word and proper nouns, like a normal sentence (This is a title). Many news sites and scientific journals prefer sentence case for headings; books, essays and APA paper titles use title case.
Does it handle hyphenated words and acronyms?
Yes. Both parts of a hyphenated word are capitalized (Long-Term, State-of-the-Art), and words that are already all-caps are treated as acronyms and left unchanged (NASA, U.S., HTML).