3 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2eace1..02b3a65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - The `float` module gains the `divide` function.
 - The `int` module gains the `divide`, `power`, and `square_root` functions.
-- The `string` module gains the `first`, `last`, and `capitalize` functions.
+- The `string` module gains the `first`, `last`, and `capitalise` functions.
 
 ## v0.21.0 - 2022-04-24
 
diff --git a/src/gleam/string.gleam b/src/gleam/string.gleam
index c69c0cd..37baed4 100644
--- a/src/gleam/string.gleam
+++ b/src/gleam/string.gleam
@@ -793,11 +793,11 @@ pub fn last(s: String) -> Result(String, Nil) {
 /// ## Examples
 ///
 /// ```gleam
-/// > capitalize("mamouna")
+/// > capitalise("mamouna")
 /// "Mamouna"
 /// ```
 ///
-pub fn capitalize(s: String) -> String {
+pub fn capitalise(s: String) -> String {
   case pop_grapheme(s) {
     Ok(#(first, rest)) -> append(to: uppercase(first), suffix: lowercase(rest))
     _ -> ""
diff --git a/test/gleam/string_test.gleam b/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
index 3ba7388..bb9aff0 100644
--- a/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
+++ b/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
@@ -405,36 +405,36 @@ pub fn last_test() {
   |> should.equal(Ok("a"))
 }
 
-pub fn capitalize_test() {
+pub fn capitalise_test() {
   ""
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("")
 
   "gleam"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("Gleam")
 
   "GLEAM"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("Gleam")
 
   "g l e a m"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("G l e a m")
 
   "1GLEAM"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("1gleam")
 
   "_gLeAm1"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("_gleam1")
 
   " gLeAm1"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal(" gleam1")
 
   "る"
-  |> string.capitalize
+  |> string.capitalise
   |> should.equal("る")
 }