Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

title case

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables
ti-tle -case
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The capitalization of text in which the first letter of each major (important) word is set as a capital.

Uncountable

Etymology

From title + case, because it is the casing (letter case pattern) traditionally often used for document titles (as well as headings and other display type) in English orthography.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

all caps alternating caps camel case initial caps sentence case downstyle lowercase

Synonyms

headline style upstyle

Questions

What does title case mean?
The capitalization of text in which the first letter of each major (important) word is set as a capital.
Where does title case come from?
From title + case, because it is the casing (letter case pattern) traditionally often used for document titles (as well as headings and other display type) in English orthography.

How to pronounce title case

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