Title case converter
Paste a headline and the title case version is the first result: major words capitalised, short articles, conjunctions and prepositions kept lowercase. Copy it straight into your document.
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At a glance
- Major words (APA)
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and every word of four letters or more get a capital, so "With", "From" and "Between" are capitalised
- Source: apastyle.apa.org, checked 2026-11
- Minor words (APA)
- Articles, and conjunctions and prepositions of three letters or fewer, stay lowercase unless they come first
- Source: apastyle.apa.org, checked 2026-11
- Always capitalised (APA)
- The first word of the title, the first word of a subtitle and the first word after a colon or em dash
- Source: apastyle.apa.org, checked 2026-11
- Hyphenated words (APA)
- The second part of a hyphenated major word gets a capital too: "Self-Report", not "Self-report"
- Source: apastyle.apa.org, checked 2026-11
- Words this tool keeps lowercase
- a, an, and, as, at, but, by, en, for, if, in, nor, of, on, or, per, the, to, v, vs, via — unless first, last or after a colon
- Acronyms
- Short words already in capitals, such as NASA or UK, are left as they are, unless the whole line is in capitals
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Title case converter: what to know
This page starts the case converter for this case. For every option and how to use it, see the case converter.
Where this differs from APA
APA also lowercases "so", "yet", "off" and "up" when they're minor words. This tool capitalises them, because "up" in "Set Up Your Account" is part of the verb and should keep its capital. Check those four by hand if you follow APA closely.
In hyphenated words this tool capitalises every part, so "step-by-step" becomes "Step-By-Step". APA only capitalises the parts that are major words, which gives "Step-by-Step". The same applies to "one-on-one" and "face-to-face".
Other style guides
Chicago, AP and MLA each publish their own title case rules, and they don't agree on every word, especially longer prepositions such as "about" or "between". If your school, publisher or newsroom names a guide, check a few words against it after converting.
Whatever the guide, names and brands keep their own spelling. Fix "Iphone" back to "iPhone" before you publish.
Questions
Which words are not capitalised in title case?
Articles (a, an, the) and short conjunctions and prepositions such as and, but, or, of, in, on and to. APA keeps them lowercase when they're three letters or fewer, unless they start the title or follow a colon.
Is "with" capitalised in a title?
In APA style, yes. APA capitalises every word of four letters or more, so "With", "From" and "Into" all get a capital.
What's the difference between title case and Capitalise Each Word?
Capitalise Each Word gives every word a capital, small words included. Title case keeps the small words lowercase in the middle. Both appear in the results, so you can copy either.