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Text Line Sorter

Instantly sort lists, words, addresses, numbers, and items by various sorting options.

Input List 0 lines · 0 chars
Sorted Output
0 lines · 0 chars
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About This Tool

Text Sorter

Sort lines of text alphabetically, reverse alphabetically, by length, or randomly — with deduplication option.

Why Use This Tool?

  • Sort lists of names, keywords, or items alphabetically
  • Arrange data before pasting into spreadsheets or databases
  • Sort and deduplicate keyword lists for SEO content planning
  • Randomise the order of list items for games or giveaways
  • Used by content creators, data analysts, and developers

Overview

Sorting text lines is a surprisingly common task across many professions and workflows. SEO professionals sort keyword lists by alphabetical order before importing into tools. Data analysts sort extracted text data before processing. Writers alphabetise reference lists or bibliographies. Developers sort configuration items for consistency. Our Text Sorter tool lets you sort any list of text lines alphabetically (A–Z), reverse alphabetically (Z–A), by line length (shortest or longest first), or completely randomly. You can also deduplicate during sorting to get a clean, unique, sorted list in one step. The sort is case-insensitive by default so "apple" and "Apple" sort together, but case-sensitive mode is available. Handle any size list — from a 10-item to-do list to thousands of keywords — instantly in your browser. The tool is simple, fast, and requires no account or software.

How to Use

  • 1

    Paste Your Text List

    Enter your list in the input area — one item per line.

  • 2

    Choose Sort Type

    Select from A–Z, Z–A, Shortest to Longest, Longest to Shortest, or Shuffle (random).

  • 3

    Set Options

    Toggle case sensitivity on/off and enable "Remove Duplicates" if you want unique-only output.

  • 4

    Sort Instantly

    Click Sort. The sorted output appears in the output panel.

  • 5

    Copy or Download

    Click Copy to clipboard or Download as a .txt file.

Frequently Asked Questions

Text sorting sorts numbers lexicographically (1, 10, 2, 20) unless numeric sort mode is enabled. Enable numeric sorting for correct numerical order (1, 2, 10, 20).
If your data is single-column (one value per line), yes. For multi-column CSV data, use Excel or Google Sheets which support column-based sorting.
The shuffle uses the Fisher-Yates algorithm with Math.random() which is pseudorandom. For cryptographically random shuffling, a more specialised tool is needed.
The current tool sorts by the full line content. Sorting by a specific word position within a line requires a more advanced text processing tool.
Practically unlimited for text data. The browser can sort tens of thousands of lines instantly. Performance degrades only with millions of very long lines.

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