--- title: "Liquid filters: capitalize" description: Capitalizes the first word in a string and downcases the remaining characters. api_name: liquid source_url: html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/capitalize md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/capitalize.md --- # capitalize ```oobleck string | capitalize ``` returns [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string) Capitalizes the first word in a string and downcases the remaining characters. ```liquid {{ 'this sentence should start with a capitalized word.' | capitalize }} ``` ## Output ```html This sentence should start with a capitalized word. ```