Title case capitalises the first letter of the major words in a heading, while leaving short articles, conjunctions, and prepositions lowercase unless they are the first or last word. It is the standard style for headlines, book titles, and headings.

How do AP and Chicago styles differ?

Both lowercase articles and short conjunctions. The difference is prepositions: Chicago lowercases all prepositions regardless of length, while AP lowercases only those of three letters or fewer and capitalises longer prepositions like Between and Through.

Are the first and last words always capitalised?

Yes. In both AP and Chicago style the first and last words of a title are always capitalised, even if they would normally be a lowercase minor word like a, the, or of.

Does it handle hyphenated words?

Yes. Each part of a hyphenated compound is capitalised, so well-being becomes Well-Being. This matches the common treatment in both major style guides.

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Title Case Converter

Title case is the capitalisation style used for headlines, book titles, and section headings. This converter applies the rules from the AP and Chicago style guides, capitalising the major words and the first and last word while keeping minor words lowercase.

How it works

The converter splits each line into words and decides the casing of each one:

The first and last words are always capitalised.
Major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on) are capitalised.
Minor words — articles like a, an, the; coordinating conjunctions like and, but, or; and prepositions — are kept lowercase in the middle of the title.

The style you pick changes which prepositions stay lowercase. Chicago lowercases every preposition, while AP capitalises prepositions of four or more letters. Choosing “Capitalise every word” turns off the minor-word list entirely.

Example and notes

The title the lord of the rings: return of the king becomes, in Chicago style, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King — note that the leading The is capitalised as the first word, while the interior of and the stay lowercase. Each line of a multi-line input is treated as its own title, so you can convert a whole list of headings at once.