# Elasticsearch sort based on a string with special characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sort-based-on-a-string-with-special-characters/92680>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sort-based-on-a-string-with-special-characters/92680 "2017-07-11T15:15:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sort-based-on-a-string-with-special-characters/92680/2 "2017-07-11T15:32:49Z")

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You probably need to apply an asciifolding normalizer. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/analysis-normalizers.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/analysis-normalizers.html)

But it depends on what you are calling "special". May be worth a fully working example as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21)?

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