diff --git a/core/modules/filters/sort.js b/core/modules/filters/sort.js
index f993825df..176cd4740 100644
--- a/core/modules/filters/sort.js
+++ b/core/modules/filters/sort.js
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ exports.nsort = function(source,operator,options) {
 	return results;
 };
 
+exports.sortan = function(source, operator, options) {
+	var results = prepare_results(source);
+	options.wiki.sortTiddlers(results, operator.operand || "title", operator.prefix === "!",false,false,true);
+	return results;
+};
+
 exports.sortcs = function(source,operator,options) {
 	var results = prepare_results(source);
 	options.wiki.sortTiddlers(results,operator.operand || "title",operator.prefix === "!",true,false);
diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 4500b7988..8db600ba6 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Sort an array of tiddler titles by a specified field
 	isDescending: true if the sort should be descending
 	isCaseSensitive: true if the sort should consider upper and lower case letters to be different
 */
-exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,isNumeric) {
+exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,isNumeric,isAlphaNumeric) {
 	var self = this;
 	titles.sort(function(a,b) {
 		var x,y,
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,is
 		y = Number(b);
 		if(isNumeric && (!isNaN(x) || !isNaN(y))) {
 			return compareNumbers(x,y);
+		} else if(isAlphaNumeric) {
+			return isDescending ? b.localeCompare(a,undefined,{numeric: true,sensitivity:'base'}) : a.localeCompare(b,undefined,{numeric: true,sensitivity: 'base'});
 		} else if($tw.utils.isDate(a) && $tw.utils.isDate(b)) {
 			return isDescending ? b - a : a - b;
 		} else {
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/demonstrations/Apple.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/demonstrations/Apple.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..becee440d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/demonstrations/Apple.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+created: 20180222072026299
+list: [[Apple 6]] [[Apple 7]] [[Apple 8]] [[Apple 9]] [[Apple 10]] [[Apple 20]] [[Apple 30]] [[Apple 100]]
+modified: 20180222072215582
+tags: 
+title: Apple
+
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/sortan.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/sortan.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d50c526f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/sortan.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+created: 20180222071947788
+modified: 20180222072601161
+tags: [[sortan Operator]] [[Operator Examples]]
+title: sortan Operator (Examples)
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+These examples make use of the [[Apple]] tiddler.
+
+<<.operator-example 1 "[list[Apple]sortan[]]">>
+<<.operator-example 2 "[list[Apple]!sortan[]]">>
+<<.operator-example 3 "App-10-A App-9-B App-10-B App-9-A +[sortan[]]">>
+
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/sortan.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/sortan.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6674c75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/sortan.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+caption: sortan
+created: 20180222071605739
+modified: 20180223012553446
+op-input: a [[selection of titles|Title Selection]]
+op-neg-output: the input, likewise sorted into descending order
+op-output: the input, sorted into ascending order by field <<.field F>>, treating field values as alphanumerics
+op-parameter: the name of a [[field|TiddlerFields]], defaulting to <<.field title>>
+op-parameter-name: F
+op-purpose: sort the input by text field considering them as alphanumerics
+tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[Common Operators]] [[Field Operators]] [[Order Operators]] [[Negatable Operators]]
+title: sortan Operator
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+The difference between uppercase and lowercase letters is ignored.
+
+<<.operator-examples "sortan">>