JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select class='whatever'>
    <option value='1Lorem dva'>1Lorem dva</option>
    <option value='3a1'>3a1</option>
    <option value='2pl1'>2pl1</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$( document ).ready(function() {
    $(this).html($("option", $(this)).sort(function(a, b) { 
        return a.text == b.text ? 0 : a.text < b.text ? -1 : 1 
    }).appendTo(".whatever"));
});