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Text Sorter
A free text sorter that sorts a list of lines A-Z, Z-A, or by length, with optional case-insensitive comparison and duplicate removal.
How the Text Sorter works
Paste your list, choose a sort order, and select "Sort." Alphabetical sorting uses standard locale comparison; length sorting counts characters per line.
Combining sort with deduplication
Turn on "Remove duplicates" to strip repeated lines before sorting — useful for cleaning a list and organizing it in one step.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Expecting number-aware sorting
Solution:
Alphabetical sort treats "10" as coming before "2" (string comparison, not numeric) — for pure numeric lists, this may not match numeric order.
Forgetting case sensitivity affects alphabetical order
Solution:
With case-insensitive comparison off, uppercase letters sort before all lowercase letters in standard ASCII order — turn case-insensitive on for a more intuitive A-Z order.
Not removing duplicates before sorting
Solution:
If your list has repeated entries, enable "Remove duplicates" before sorting to get a clean, unique, ordered result in one step.
Frequently Asked Questions
A-Z, Z-A, shortest-to-longest, and longest-to-shortest.
Yes — enable "Remove duplicates" before selecting Sort.
You can toggle case-insensitive comparison on or off.
No — everything runs locally in your browser.
Free Text Sorter
Paste a list, one item per line, and sort it alphabetically (A-Z or Z-A) or by length (shortest to longest or longest to shortest), with optional case-insensitive comparison and duplicate removal.
What You Get
- Sort A-Z, Z-A, shortest-to-longest, or longest-to-shortest
- Optional case-insensitive comparison
- Optional duplicate removal before sorting
- One-click copy of the sorted result
Who Uses This Tool
Anyone organizing a keyword list, name list, CSV column, or any line-based data that needs sorting.