What do you call something that sorts?

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I am looking for a word which has a similar meaning to the word 'Filter', but it's purpose is to sort instead of filtering. I found the word 'Sorter', but I haven't heard of it being used much besides for 'grain sorter' and as an occupation, whereas the word 'Filter' is quite common. I want to use this word to refer to part of a website, where one can apply sort order for results.
Example: 'I used the ______ to see the most commented photos'

Laurel · Answer

Sort is often used as a noun to this effect. For example:

Sorting SharePoint List Items Using a Custom Sort
Applying An Alphabetical Sort To Your VBA Array List

And also in the names of sorting algorithms:

Bubble sort
Merge sort
Basically all of them

It’s a little messy sometimes as to whether “sort” refers to the process doing the sorting or the final view, but it doesn’t really matter in your context.
(There are other nouns that are similar: microwaves are created by microwaves and not microwavers, for example.)

What do you call something that sorts?

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