Word Sorter (Alphabetize Words)
Split text into individual words and sort them alphabetically, A to Z or Z to A, with unique-only, ignore case, natural order, and punctuation stripping.
Split into words and sorted live as you type. Nothing leaves your browser.
Options
0 words → 0 words
How to alphabetize words online
Paste your text
Drop any text or word list into the input box. It is split into individual words on spaces and line breaks, and the sorted result updates as you type.
Pick A to Z or Z to A
Choose ascending A to Z or descending Z to A order. The words reorder instantly the moment you switch.
Refine with the options
Turn on Unique only to drop repeats, Ignore case to sort without regard to capitals, Natural sort to order numbers by value, or Strip punctuation to trim marks off each word.
Copy the result
Check the word count above the output to see how many words remain, choose one per line or a joined list, then click Copy to clipboard.
Why use this tool
Word-level, not line-level
The input is split on every space and line break, so a paragraph, a comma list, or a column of words all reduce to the same set of individual words before sorting.
A to Z or Z to A
Ascending and descending order both use locale-aware alphabetical comparison, so accented and non-English letters land where a reader expects them rather than by raw character code.
Unique only and ignore case
Unique only keeps the first appearance of each word and drops the rest. Pair it with Ignore case and Apple and apple count as the same word.
Natural number order
Turn on Natural sort and words containing numbers order by value, so item2 comes before item10 instead of after it.
Punctuation stripping
Strip punctuation trims leading and trailing marks from each word, so word, and word. sort together, while inner marks in don’t and e-mail stay intact.
Runs on your device, costs nothing
Sorting happens in your browser with no account and no upload, and it keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
About this tool
This word sorter treats your text as a bag of individual words rather than whole lines. It splits the input on any run of spaces, tabs, or line breaks, so a paragraph, a comma-separated list, and a column of words all collapse to the same set of words. From there the enabled options run in a fixed order: Strip punctuation trims leading and trailing marks off each word, Unique only keeps the first occurrence of each word, and the sort orders everything alphabetically using locale-aware comparison, either A to Z or Z to A. Ignore case makes the sort and the uniqueness check treat capitals and lowercase the same, and Natural sort orders any numbers inside a word by their value so item2 lands before item10.
It is built for the small list chores that are tedious by hand: alphabetizing a spelling or vocabulary list, ordering tags or keywords before pasting them somewhere, deduplicating a scattered set of names, or tidying a word bank for a puzzle or game. The word counter above the output shows how many words went in and how many came out, so when Unique only is on you can see at a glance how many repeats the text contained. The output can stay one word per line or join up as a space or comma separated list, ready to drop straight back into a document or field.
Your text never leaves the page; everything runs in browser memory. To sort whole lines instead of individual words, use the line sorter, and to strip only repeated rows use the duplicate line remover. If you just want totals for a block of text, the word counter reports words, characters, and more.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the word sorter split my text into words?
- It breaks the input on every run of spaces, tabs, and line breaks. That means a paragraph, a list with one word per line, and a comma-separated line all reduce to the same set of individual words. Turn on Strip punctuation to also trim marks like commas and periods off the ends of each word.
- What is the difference between this and the line sorter?
- The line sorter keeps each whole line as one item and orders the lines. The word sorter goes finer: it splits every line into separate words first, then sorts those words. Use this tool when you want an alphabetical list of the individual words, not the lines they sat on.
- How do Unique only and Ignore case work together?
- Unique only keeps the first appearance of each word and removes later repeats. With Ignore case also on, capitalisation is ignored when comparing, so Apple and apple are treated as the same word and only the first is kept. The word count above the output shows how many words the deduplication removed.
- What does Natural sort do?
- Natural sort orders numbers inside a word by their value rather than character by character, so file2 comes before file10 instead of after it. It keeps versioned and numbered words in the order a person would expect.
- Are my words uploaded anywhere?
- No. The word sorter runs entirely in your browser. Your text never leaves your device, never touches a server, and is not stored or logged.
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