diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e3172c..5d90ad3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dict-check: sort-dict
 	echo "dict.txt is unsorted or needs to be added to git index" ; exit 1
 
 sort-dict:
-	@sort -u < dict.txt > dict_sorted.txt
+	@LC_ALL=C sort -u < dict.txt > dict_sorted.txt
 	@mv dict_sorted.txt dict.txt
 
 license: $(VENV_NAME) ## Check license with the reuse tool
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index aaa8a12..31da608 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ checks. This is what happens to validate a patchset.
 * ``make spelling``: Checks spelling on all documentation. If there are
   additional words that are correctly spelled but not in the dictionary
   (acronyms, nouns, etc.) please add them to the ``dict.txt`` file, which
-  should be alphabetized using ``sort``
+  should be alphabetized using ``LC_ALL=C sort``
 
 * ``make linkcheck``: Verifies that links in the document are working and
   accessible, using Sphinx's built in linkcheck tool. If there are links that
diff --git a/dict.txt b/dict.txt
index 3c778df..79454e3 100644
--- a/dict.txt
+++ b/dict.txt
@@ -1,231 +1,116 @@
-AiaB
 Alertmanager
-Anthos
-BMC
-BMv
-BMv2
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-Chronos
-Cloudlab
-Cratchit
-DNS
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-Deutsche
-Dex
-Dockerfile
-Epyc
-Flintstone
-Fudd
+Downlink
 GPP
 GTP
-GbE
-GiB
+Gerrit
 GigE
-GitOps
 Github
 Grafana
 Haswell
-IPMI
 IPv
-IaC
-IaaC
 Interworking
 IoT
-Istio
 Jenkins
 Jira
 KinD
-Krew
 Ksniff
 Kubernetes
-Kubespray
 LTE
+Makefile
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-ManagementServer
-Mbps
 Microservices
-Mininet
 Moto
-Multihop
-Multipass
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-Netbox
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 ONF
-ONL
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-PDN
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-PoE
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-RiaB
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-Speedtest
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-Supermicro
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-TFTP
-TNA
-Teardown
-Telekom
-Terraform
-TestVectors
-Tofino
 Toolset
-Tx
 UE
-VOLTHA
-Velero
+Uplink
 Wireshark
 aether
-aiab
 alicea
-allocatable
 amf
-analytics
 ansible
 api
-aren't
-arp
 atomix
 ausf
 auth
 bess
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-bitrates
-bobc
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-bootloader
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-charlieb
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-configMapGenerator
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-fredf
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-hss
-hssdb
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-iPXE
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-imei
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-inotify
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-jitter
-jjb
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-k8smgmt
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-keypair
-keyring
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-kustomize
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-linecard
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-macOS
-macroENB
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-mainboard
-makefile
 menlo
-mgmt
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-mixedGroup
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 nRT
-nVME
-nameserver
-nameservers
 namespace
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 natively
 nd
-netcfg
 networkd
 ng
-ng40
 nginx
 nrf
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@@ -235,66 +120,29 @@ onboarding
 onlab
 onos
 onosproject
-opencord
-orchestrator
 parameterizing
-patchset
-patchsets
 pcap
-pcaps
 pcf
 pci
-pcrf
-pcrfdb
-pfcp
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 preconfigured
-prepend
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-spgwc
-splitter
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-stateful
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@@ -302,43 +150,23 @@ subnet
 subnets
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 templating
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-testOpt
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