Are hot strings case-sensitive? Would be nice to always replace "THe" with "The". I tend to hold the shift just too long in general. Would be nice if I could

Are hot strings case-sensitive? Would be nice to always replace "THe" with "The". I tend to hold the shift just too long in general. Would be nice if I could replace "[A-Z][A-Z][a-z]+ " with the fixed second cap automatically every time.