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Capitalize Words

Put a capital letter at the start of every word.

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Quick Tool Overview

Capitalize Words puts a capital at the start of every word without exception, which is what names, addresses and product titles need — there are no small words to keep lowercase in "north west london". A name mode capitalises after Mc, Mac, O' and hyphens the way a person would.

What it does
Capitalises the first letter of every word
You give it
Names, addresses, titles or a whole list
You get back
Properly capitalised text, line by line
Best for
Cleaning imported names, addresses and product data
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About the Capitalize Words

This is the blunt version of title case, and blunt is exactly what you want for data. Names, cities, street addresses and product titles arriving from a form or a CSV are routinely all lowercase or all uppercase, and every word in them should start with a capital — there are no small words to keep lowercase in "north west london".

Every word gets a capital, with the rest of the word lowercased or left alone as you choose. Leaving it alone matters for data that already contains correctly cased names such as "McDonald" or "O'Brien"; the tool also has a specific mode for those, which capitalises after Mc, Mac, O' and hyphens the way a person would.

Key features of the Capitalize Words

No exceptions list

Every word is capitalised, which is correct for data even though it would be wrong for a headline.

Name mode

Handles O'Brien, McDonald, MacLeod and hyphenated surnames the way a human would write them.

Rescues ALL CAPS data

Lowercase the rest of each word and a shouted "JOHN SMITH" becomes "John Smith" in one pass.

Preserves existing capitals on request

Leave the rest of each word alone when your data already contains correctly cased names.

Whole lists at once

One item per line, each converted independently — a CSV column cleans in a single paste.

How to use the Capitalize Words

  1. 1

    Paste your list or text

    Names, addresses, product titles or any text, one item per line if you have several.

  2. 2

    Choose how to treat the rest of each word

    Lowercase the remaining letters for messy data, or leave them as typed to preserve existing capitals.

  3. 3

    Turn on name mode if you need it

    Name mode capitalises after Mc, Mac, O' and hyphens, so "o'brien-smith" becomes "O'Brien-Smith".

  4. 4

    Copy the cleaned text

    Copy the result, or download the whole list as a text file.

Frequently asked questions

Title case deliberately leaves small words such as "of" and "the" in lowercase. This tool capitalises every word without exception, which is what you want for names and addresses but not for a headline.

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