Title Case Converter Online

What Is Title Case?

Title case capitalises the first letter of every major word in a phrase while leaving short function words in lowercase. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs get capital letters. Articles like the and a, coordinating conjunctions like and and but, and short prepositions like in, of, and at stay lowercase — unless they appear as the first or last word in the title.

The result is the standard capitalisation style used across English-language publishing: The Great Gatsby, How to Win Friends and Influence People, A Guide to Writing Better Headlines. It signals that a phrase is a title or heading rather than ordinary prose, and it applies the same logic consistently so you never have to decide word by word.

When to Use Title Case

Blog post and article titles nearly always use title case — it is the default in most editorial style guides and CMS platforms. Email subject lines written in title case tend to stand out in crowded inboxes because they read as deliberate rather than casual. Report and document headings use it to mark section breaks clearly and give the document a professional finish.

YouTube and video titles, LinkedIn headlines, and product names all benefit from consistent title case — it projects care and authority, and ensures that every word is treated the same way across every piece of content you publish.

All Four Case Formats

ClearText Editor includes title case alongside UPPERCASE, lowercase, and Sentence case in the same Case Converter panel — switch between all four with a single click, no copy-pasting between tools required. The live word count, character count, and reading time panels update alongside every conversion so you always know where your text stands. The Title Case button capitalises every word except these short words, which it lowercases unless they come first or last on a line, or after a colon, a dash or the end of a sentence: a, an, the, and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet, as, at, by, in, of, off, on, per, to, up, via, vs. In a hyphenated word the first part is always capitalised and the other parts follow the same list (State-of-the-Art). Sentence case lowercases everything else, then capitalises the first letter of each sentence and each line and the pronoun I; the word after a colon stays lowercase, following the Google developer documentation style guide, and a full stop after an initialism like U.S. or after vs, Mr or Dr does not start a new sentence. Both buttons keep initialisms (U.S., e.g.), web addresses (http://, https://, ftp:// or www.) and e-mail addresses exactly as typed, and keep words with a capital inside (PDF, iPhone) unless the whole line is in capitals, in which case the line is converted. Names with a single capital, such as Google or O'Neil, cannot be detected, so read the result before you use it.

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Which words get capitalised in title case?

Major words — nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns — are capitalised. Short function words stay lowercase: articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor), and short prepositions (in, of, at, on, for). The first and last words of the title are always capitalised regardless of their type. The Title Case button applies a fixed version of this rule: it lowercases a, an, the, and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet, as, at, by, in, of, off, on, per, to, up, via, vs and capitalises every other word, so longer prepositions such as with and from are capitalised.

Is title case the same as sentence case?

No. Sentence case capitalises only the first word of the sentence and any proper nouns — everything else stays lowercase. Title case capitalises all major words throughout the phrase. Both are available in the same tool so you can switch between them and compare instantly. The Sentence case button keeps words with a capital inside, such as iPhone, but cannot recognise names with a single capital, such as London, so it lowercases them.

Can I convert headings in bulk?

Yes. Paste as many lines or headings as you need — there is no character limit. Each line is converted separately: both buttons capitalise the first word of every line, so an entire list of headings can be formatted in one pass. A line written entirely in capitals is converted like any other, while lines in normal case keep their acronyms.