# Sort Alphabetically Online: Alphabetize Any List A to Z > Sort lines alphabetically online and put any list in alphabetical order, A to Z or Z to A, by length or shuffled. 2 comes before 10, the way people count. URL: https://clipten.com/tools/sort-lines-alphabetically Updated: 2026-10-01 About ClipTen: https://clipten.com/llms.txt ClipTen (https://clipten.com/) Free tools (https://clipten.com/tools) Sort lines alphabetically ## Sort lines alphabetically Paste a list and alphabetize it: A to Z, Z to A, by length, reversed or shuffled. Item 2 comes before item 10, the way people count. Made by ClipTen ### Stop going back to copy it again. Sorting lists you paste into the same few places every day? ClipTen keeps ten copies on your number keys, ready to paste with a shortcut. Download forMac (https://clipten.com/mac#install) Get it fromMicrosoft Slots 1 to 5 free, no daily limit. All 10 for $15, once. See how it works (https://clipten.com/how-it-works) ### How to use it - Paste your list, one item per line. - Pick an order. The list re-sorts as soon as you click. - Copy the sorted list. ### Natural order, not computer order A plain computer sort puts item 10 before item 2, because it compares the character 1 with 2. This tool compares numbers as numbers, so the list reads 1, 2, 10. Accented letters sort next to their plain ones, so Éclair sits with the E words rather than after Z. Capitals first makes the sort case sensitive, putting Apple before apple. Leave it off to sort as a dictionary would. ### Shuffling fairly Shuffle uses your browser’s cryptographic random numbers and the Fisher–Yates method, so every order is equally likely. It is good for picking a winner, ordering presenters or mixing quiz questions. ### Sorting in Word, Excel and Google Docs Word sorts paragraphs with Home › Sort. Excel and Google Sheets sort columns with Data › Sort. Google Docs has no sort at all, which is why people search for this. Paste the list here, sort it and paste it back. Last checked October 2026. ### Questions How do I put a list in alphabetical order? Paste it into the box with one item per line and choose A to Z. Copy the result and paste it back. Why does 10 come before 2 in other tools? They compare text character by character, so the 1 in 10 comes before 2. This tool reads numbers as numbers, so 2 comes before 10. Can I sort in Google Docs? Google Docs has no built-in sort. Paste your list here, sort it, and paste it back into the document. Is the shuffle random? Yes. It uses the browser's cryptographic random number generator and a Fisher–Yates shuffle, so every order is equally likely. ### More free tools All free tools → (https://clipten.com/tools) - Remove duplicate lines Keep each line once, in order (https://clipten.com/tools/remove-duplicate-lines) - Comma separator Column to comma list, and back (https://clipten.com/tools/comma-separator) - Case converter UPPER, lower, Title, Sentence and more (https://clipten.com/tools/case-converter) - Find and replace Replace words in any text, regex too (https://clipten.com/tools/find-and-replace-text) - Text compare See what changed between two texts (https://clipten.com/tools/text-compare) - Remove line breaks Join broken lines from PDFs and emails (https://clipten.com/tools/remove-line-breaks) Download forMac (https://clipten.com/mac#install) Get it fromMicrosoft - Slots 1 to 5 free, no daily limit - No card, no subscription - All 10 slots for $15, once On a Mac, it installs in about a minute with one line in Terminal (https://clipten.com/mac#install).