I think I've alphabetized this word list correctly, but my friends keep telling me it's not in the right order. Can you help me spot the mistake?

divvy, dry, dues, Eden, elf, fear, knee, opt, pet, say, set, tea


The correct order is

Eden, divvy, dry, fear, pet, say, set, opt, knee, tea, elf, dues


each word is a homophone of a number in another language. The order above lists them numerically, from 1 to 12.
(Thanks to Arnaud Mortier in the comments for corrections to #2 and #10)

1, eden, Macedonian
2, divi, Latvian
3, drei, German/Dutch
4, vier, German/Dutch (or fire, Danish)
5, pet, Croatian/Czech
6, sei, Italian
7, sept, French
8, opt, Romanian
9, ni, Norwegian (is also 2 in Japanese)
10, ti, Norwegian/Danish
11, elf, German/Dutch
12, douze, French

  • $\begingroup$ #2 is rot13(gur yngivna qviv). #10 is rot13(gv). $\endgroup$ – Arnaud Mortier Aug 11 '19 at 20:02
  • $\begingroup$ @ArnaudMortier Thanks! I've credited you in my edit. #10 was a typo, but your suggestion for #2 is a much better choice. $\endgroup$ – GentlePurpleRain Aug 12 '19 at 14:42

The correct order is

Eden, divvy, dry, dues, elf, fear, knee, opt, pet, say, set, tea


You're supposed to order the words lexicographically based on the ASCII table. Also, the puzzle text specifies that there's a "the mistake", that is, one mistake.


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