Sort your lines of text alphabetically in A-Z or Z-A order with one click.
This alphabetical sorter organizes your text line by line, just like sorting a list alphabetically. It treats each line as a separate item and arranges them in order from A to Z (or Z to A).
Think of it as a digital librarian for your lists—whether you're organizing names, keywords, song titles, or any collection of text entries. For those working with specific formatting needs, you might also find our text case converter helpful for standardizing capitalization after sorting.
Red orange Yellow GREEN blue Purple pink
blue GREEN orange pink Purple Red YellowNote how "GREEN" comes before "orange" because G comes before O
While sorting simple lists is the obvious use, here are some creative ways writers and professionals use this tool:
When Case Sensitive is off (the default), "apple", "Apple", and "APPLE" are treated as the same for sorting order. The tool sorts based on the letters themselves, ignoring capitalization.
When Case Sensitive is on, uppercase letters come before lowercase letters. So "Apple" would come before "apple" because 'A' (uppercase) precedes 'a' (lowercase) in Unicode order.
Input: banana, Apple, Cherry, apple
Case-sensitive A-Z: Apple, Cherry, apple, banana
Case-insensitive A-Z: Apple, apple, banana, Cherry
The "Remove Duplicates" option checks for identical lines before sorting. When enabled, if you have "apple" appearing three times in your list, only one "apple" will appear in the sorted output.
Tip: With case-sensitive sorting turned off, "Apple" and "apple" would be considered duplicates and only one would be kept. For more advanced text cleaning, you might want to explore our special characters remover to strip unwanted symbols before sorting.
Yes, but each paragraph must be on its own line. The tool sorts lines, so if you have multi-line paragraphs, they'll be treated as separate items. For paragraph sorting, ensure each paragraph is separated by a blank line and use the "Preserve Blank Lines" option.
This depends on your "Case Sensitive" setting. When case-sensitive is OFF (default), they're treated as equal and their relative order might vary. When ON, uppercase letters (A-Z) come before lowercase (a-z), so "Apple" comes before "apple".
Paste your entire CSV content, then sort. Each row will be sorted as a line. For column-specific sorting, you'd need a CSV-specific tool, but this works for basic row organization.
This tool sorts lines, not individual words. For word sorting (arranging words within a sentence or paragraph alphabetically), you'd need a different tool. This is perfect for lists where each item is on its own line. If you need to reverse the order of your lines entirely, check out the reverse text generator for a different kind of reorganization.
Not directly. The tool sorts by the entire line from left to right. For last-name sorting, you'd need to reformat your list to "Last, First" format first, then sort, then reformat back if needed.
This alphabetical sorter is great for line-by-line organization, but sometimes you need different text manipulation:
Pro tip: Many text tasks work best as a multi-step process. For example: 1) Remove duplicates, 2) Sort alphabetically, 3) Convert to proper case using our case converter.
This alphabetical sorter is designed by writers and editors who understand the practical needs of text organization. We focus on creating tools that are intuitive while providing the flexibility needed for real-world writing and data tasks.
Last reviewed for clarity and accuracy: March 2024
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