in another column (say, column B) enter:

B1: =LEN(A1)

and copy down as far as necessary.

Sort columns A:B using column B as the sort key.


In article ,
Kinger wrote:

I have a list of 5,000 words that I need sort by the number of letters in the
word for my students is this possible to do? The words range from 1 letter
to 9 letters in a word.