How does alphabetical sorting work?

Lines are sorted using locale-aware comparison, so accented and special characters sort correctly. Numbers at the start of lines are treated as text in A–Z mode.

What does numeric sort do differently?

Numeric sort extracts the leading number from each line and sorts by that value. For example, '10. Item' sorts after '9. Item' — unlike alphabetical sort where '10' would come before '9'.

What is the shuffle option?

Shuffle randomly reorders all lines using a Fisher-Yates algorithm. It's useful for randomizing question lists, study cards, item orders, and more.

What are common uses for sorting lines?

Common use cases include sorting import statements in code, alphabetizing word lists, organizing bullet points, sorting CSV rows, and deduplicating keyword lists.

⇅Line Sorter·Free online tool

Line Sorter

Sort any list of lines alphabetically, in reverse, or numerically with a single click. Useful for organizing code imports, sorting word lists, reordering bullet points, and cleaning data.

Guide

How to Use This Tool

1
Paste your list or lines of text into the input area.
2
Choose a sort method: A→Z, Z→A, 1→9, 9→1, By Length, or Shuffle.
3
Enable 'Trim whitespace' to remove leading/trailing spaces before sorting.
4
Enable 'Remove empty lines' to clean up blank lines in the output.
5
Click 'Copy' to copy the sorted result.

Examples

See It in Action

Alphabetical (A→Z)

Input

banana
apple
cherry
date

Output

apple
banana
cherry
date

Numeric (1→9)

Input

10 apples
2 bananas
1 cherry

Output

1 cherry
2 bananas
10 apples

About

About the Line Sorter Tool

The Line Sorter is a free, browser-based utility. All processing happens entirely in your browser — your text is never sent to any server and is never stored.

Designed for speed and simplicity, this tool works instantly with zero setup. Whether you're a developer, writer, student, or content creator, line sorter has never been this easy.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

A line sorter rearranges the lines in a block of text into a specific order. You can sort alphabetically (A–Z), reverse alphabetically (Z–A), numerically, by line length, or shuffle randomly.