Alphabetize a comma- or newline-separated list of names, titles or items into A-Z order, with an option to ignore leading articles like 'the' or 'a'.
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When alphabetizing titles, standard convention (used in libraries, bibliographies and indexes) is to ignore a leading 'a', 'an', or 'the' when determining sort order, so 'The Great Gatsby' alphabetizes under 'G', not 'T'. This tool applies that convention automatically when the option is enabled, matching how titles are properly alphabetized in most style guides.
This tool is purpose-built for alphabetizing lists of names, titles or items, entered either comma-separated or one per line, with the leading-article convention built in. Our more general Text Sorter instead sorts arbitrary text lines, alphabetically or numerically, without this list- and title-specific behavior.
Yes, choose 'Comma-Separated' as the list format and the tool will split your list on commas instead of line breaks.
It's the standard convention for alphabetizing titles, like book titles, movie titles, or article headlines, so that 'The Great Gatsby' and 'A Tale of Two Cities' sort under 'G' and 'T' rather than clustering under 'A' and 'T' for their articles.
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