Vowels are considered after the consonant with which they are associated, even if they are written before the consonant. So, for example, for sequencing purposes โดย is treated as if it were written ด-โ-ย, and แมก is treated as ม-แ-ก. The following examples show the order in which the consonants and vowels are considered in some sample words:
| ปืน |
2 13 |
| ฟูก |
13 2 |
| ศัตรู |
2 134 5 |
| ฐิติ |
24 13 |
| โดย |
213 |
| แมก |
213 |
| วีดีโอ |
24 1365 |
| ใสสะอาด |
2134567 |
Vowels sort after all consonants. Within themselves they sort in the following sequence:
AfterNote that short vowels come before long vowels with the same sound, and that the general ordering is: after, above, below, before.
So, for example, บด บัง บาง แบ แบก แบกหาม แบกะดิน sort in that order for the following reasons:
| บด |
12 |
|
| บัง |
2 13 |
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 2. This word's character 2 is a vowel, ◌ั . The previous word's character 2 is a consonant, ด. All vowels order after all consonants. |
| บาง |
123 |
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 2. This word's character 2 is a ◌า. The previous word's character 2 is ◌ั. ◌า comes after ◌ั |
| แบ |
21 |
Again considering character 2, แ◌ comes after ◌า. |
| แบก |
213 |
Where one word starts with the same characters as another whole word the shorter word comes first; แบก comes after แบ. |
| แบกหาม |
213456 |
As before one word starts with the same characters as another whole word the shorter word comes first; แบกหาม comes after แบก. |
| แบกะดิน |
6 213457 |
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 4. This word's character 4 is ◌ะ . The previous word's character 4 is a consonant, ห. All vowels order after all consonants. |
Where a consonant has two associated vowels, e.g. ห in เหิน, we consider the before vowel before the above vowel. So, for example, เหว orders before เหิน (character 3 being ว in the former and ◌ิ in the latter; consonants always order before vowels)