Free Title Capitalization Tool
The Title Capitalization Tool formats your headline in proper title case for APA, Chicago, or MLA style. It knows which small words stay lowercase and which get capitalized depending on position.
How to use the Title Capitalizer
- 1 Paste your headline, article title or list of titles into the box.
- 2 Choose a style guide — AP, Chicago, APA and plain Title Case apply slightly different rules.
- 3 The capitalised result appears immediately, with small words handled according to the guide you picked.
- 4 Copy the result, or process a whole list of titles at once by putting one per line.
How to Use
Paste your title, choose a style guide, and click Capitalize. The correctly formatted title appears instantly, ready to paste.
- APA, Chicago, and MLA title case rules
- Keeps articles, conjunctions, and short prepositions lowercase
- Always capitalizes the first and last word (per style)
- Preserves hyphenated words and acronyms
- Runs entirely in your browser
Which style should you use?
APA is common in academic and social-science writing. Chicago is standard for books and many publications. MLA is used in the humanities. All three agree on the core rule: capitalize major words, keep minor words lowercase unless they start or end the title.
Frequently asked questions
Which words stay lowercase in Title Case?
Articles (a, an, the), short coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) and short prepositions (at, by, in, of, on, to) — unless they are the first or last word of the title, or follow a colon.
How do AP and Chicago differ?
Chicago lowercases prepositions of any length ("A Walk Through the Woods"); AP capitalises prepositions of four or more letters ("A Walk Through the Woods" stays the same but "Between" is capitalised). The tool applies the rule set you select.
Does it fix all-caps input?
Yes. Text pasted in ALL CAPS is lowercased first and then re-capitalised properly, so you get a correctly cased title rather than a stubborn all-caps string.
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