diff --git a/editor/plugins/tile_map_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/tile_map_editor_plugin.cpp
index 0bb4c599fa3..fdb5a015a1c 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/tile_map_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/tile_map_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ struct _PaletteEntry {
 	String name;
 
 	bool operator<(const _PaletteEntry &p_rhs) const {
-		return name < p_rhs.name;
+		// Natural no case comparison will compare strings based on CharType
+		// order (except digits) and on numbers that start on the same position.
+		return name.naturalnocasecmp_to(p_rhs.name) < 0;
 	}
 };
 } // namespace