Short lines are your head terms, long lines your long tail. Sort by length and the split is obvious at a glance.
The example below is already loaded, so you can see exactly what you get. Replace it with your own list and the result updates as you type.
Got a bigger job? The full Notepad runs the same engine on lists of any size — chain this with dedupe, sort and filter, undo any step, and save the whole routine as a recipe for next time.
running shoes for flat feet
shoes
trail running shoesshoes
trail running shoes
running shoes for flat feetSorts the shortest lines to the top, useful for separating broad head terms from long-tail phrases.
Yes. Sort by Length (Shortest First) runs entirely in your browser below, with no sign-up, no limits, and nothing sent to a server.
Characters, including spaces. Use the word-count sort variants if you want to sort by number of words instead.
Put your most specific long-tail phrases first — the ones that are easiest to rank for — in one click.
Characters lie; words tell you how specific a keyword is. Sort by word count and your head terms rise to the …
Surface the long, descriptive queries that convert best — sorted to the top in one click.
Need an unbiased sample or a fair order? Shuffle the whole list randomly in one click — and again if you like.
The Sort Lines by Length tool is one of the free tools inside Seowolf’s Notepad. Paste a list once, then dedupe, filter, sort, compare and format it in seconds — every step undoable, nothing uploaded, no account.
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