alphabetisation

A-to-Z sorting

Alphabetisation is the process of arranging items in alphabetical order, or the state of being so arranged.

The term covers everything from sorting a list of names to organizing an entire filing system: The alphabetisation of the index took hours.

Also spelled alphabetization.

ordering

sorting

Arranging into sequence

collation · listing · ranking · filing · systematization · organization · enumeration · tabulation · structuring · prioritization

cataloging

indexing

Systematic organization for retrieval

filing · inventory · librarianship · documentation · registration · nomenclature · taxonomy · thesaurus · cross-referencing · retrieval

linguistics

orthography

Standard writing conventions

diacritics · transliteration · locale · syllabary

education

spelling

Correct letter sequence

vocabulary · ABC · kindergarten · primers · worksheets · flashcards · handwriting · uppercase · lowercase · recitation

Opposites
ordering principle

alphabetisationpriority ranking

Order of relative importance

order of magnitude · date order · size order

order vs. disorder

alphabetisationrandomisation

Allocation by chance

disorder · chaos · disorganisation · jumbling · scrambling

Family

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G