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Default How do you sort words in Excel by the number of letters in a word

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.




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with the use of a helper column
=LEN(A1)

if you do not want to count spaces
=LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))
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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.






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JE McGimpsey
 
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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.


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