Text List Sorter

The Text Sorter rearranges the lines of a list into the order you pick. Four modes are available: alphabetical (A→Z), reverse alphabetical (Z→A), shortest line first, and longest line first. Paste your list, click a mode, and copy the sorted result.

Alphabetical sorting uses locale-aware comparison, so accented characters sort sensibly ('école' lands near 'ecole' rather than after 'z'). The length modes sort by character count per line, which is a surprisingly useful trick — more on that below.

A Total Items counter confirms nothing was lost in the shuffle, and sorting happens instantly in your browser.

Alphabetizing is the obvious use: attendee names, bibliography entries, glossary terms, config keys — anything a reader will scan is easier to navigate in A→Z order. Doing it here beats setting up a spreadsheet for a 30-line list.

Sorting by length is the sleeper feature. Copywriters sort headline variants shortest-first to find the punchiest option. Developers sort URL or selector lists longest-first to spot outliers that will overflow layouts. Puzzle and Scrabble enthusiasts sort word lists by length to organize candidates.

Combined with the Duplicate Line Remover, it makes a fast little list-processing pipeline: dedupe first, then sort, then paste the result wherever it's going.

1. Paste your list into the input box, one item per line.

2. Pick a mode: A→Z, Z→A, Shortest First, or Longest First.

3. Verify the Total Items count matches what you pasted.

4. Copy or download the sorted list.

Input:

Zebra Apple Monkey

Output (A→Z):

Apple Monkey Zebra