How to Alphabetize a List Quickly
Paste or type your list into the box on the left, one entry per line — no special formatting needed, and it doesn't matter whether the list came from a document, an email, or a quick note. The sorted result appears on the right instantly, letting you compare the original order against the alphabetized one side by side.
How does the sort handle capitalization?
Sorting is case-insensitive, so "apple" and "Apple" are treated as equivalent for ordering purposes — you won't end up with a block of capitalized words followed by a separate block of lowercase ones. Each line keeps its original capitalization in the output; only the order changes.
What happens with numbers or blank lines?
Numbers sort by their numeric value rather than as plain text, so "2" comes before "10" the way you'd expect, not after it. Blank or whitespace-only lines are dropped from the result entirely, and any leading or trailing spaces on a line are trimmed before sorting. Duplicate entries are kept — this tool orders your list, it doesn't deduplicate it. If your list is purely numeric and you want it ordered strictly by magnitude with more control, the number sorter is built for exactly that.
Does it work with any language?
Yes — sorting uses your browser's built-in locale-aware comparison, so accented letters and non-English alphabets are ordered sensibly rather than just by raw character code. One side effect of this: the comparison is also accent-insensitive, so "café" and "cafe" are treated as equivalent for ordering purposes, the same way "Apple" and "apple" are — both differences are ignored when deciding order, and both are preserved exactly as typed in the output.
How are lines that start with punctuation or symbols sorted?
A line that starts with a quotation mark, a hyphen, an asterisk, or any other symbol sorts by that literal character, which generally places it before lines starting with a letter or number under standard alphabetical ordering. If your list mixes plain entries with symbol-prefixed ones (bullet points pasted from a document, for example), you may want to strip the leading symbols first — the remove text formatting tool can help clean up stray punctuation before sorting.
Related tools
- Number Sorter — sort a purely numeric list by magnitude.
- Duplicate Line Remover — remove repeated entries once your list is sorted.
- Reverse Text Generator — reverse a sorted list back to Z-to-A order.
Last reviewed: August 2026