This orders lines by character count with the shortest at the top.
What appears first
The briefest entries โ which in most lists means fragments, truncated values and stray characters as much as legitimate short values.
A quick data quality check
Sorting shortest-first is the fastest way to see whether a list contains junk. Single characters and two-letter fragments cluster at the top where they are impossible to miss.
The opposite view
Longest first surfaces limit breaches and merged fields. Checking both ends of a list takes seconds and catches most structural problems.
Try it: Sort by Length (Shortest First) on SeoWolf's Notepad.