A sorter, wherein the sorter has a track and carts which are arranged in a row and in each case coupled to one another and which are movably arranged along the track, wherein the track has stator windings to generate a magnetic field, so that the carts are driveable by the stator windings in the manner of a synchronous linear motor, wherein each cart has a permanent magnet arrangement which consists of permanent magnets arranged in a row in the motion direction and regularly spaced apart from one another, wherein the permanent magnet which is next-adjacent in each case has an opposite magnetisation direction, wherein the permanent magnet arrangement is modular in construction, therefore is composed of modules, wherein a respective module has a respective base plate on which there is secured a number of permanent magnets associated with the module, wherein different modules differ in the number of the permanent magnets, wherein the base plate is arranged at the side, associated with the track, of the respective cart, wherein there is a spacing (a) between the edges, corners, at the front in the direction of motion, or between the centres of gravity or central points of the permanent magnets, wherein in the coupling region, n so-called absent permanent magnets, therefore n gaps in the series of permanent magnets, are provided, wherein the last permanent magnet of a first cart and the first permanent magnet of a cart next-adjacent thereto are at the (n+1)-times spacing ((n+1)*a) from one another, this being greater in comparison with the single spacing (a), wherein n is an odd whole number which is greater than two, wherein each cart has an odd number of permanent magnets, wherein adjacent carts are coupled to one another by means of a coupling which consists of a front, therefore first, coupling part secured to a first of the two carts and of a rear, therefore second, coupling part secured to the second of the two carts, wherein the two carts are pushed apart by means of the respective permanent magnets, of the same kind and facing each other in the coupling region, of the two carts, wherein the engaging coupling parts only enforce, in particular mechanically, a maximum spacing of the two carts, not however a minimum spacing. wherein the sorter has a track and carts which are arranged in a row and in each case coupled to one another and which are movably arranged along the track, wherein the track has stator windings to generate a magnetic field, so that the carts are driveable by the stator windings in the manner of a synchronous linear motor, wherein each cart has a permanent magnet arrangement which consists of permanent magnets arranged in a row in the motion direction and regularly spaced apart from one another, wherein the permanent magnet which is next-adjacent in each case has an opposite magnetisation direction, wherein the permanent magnet arrangement is modular in construction, therefore is composed of modules, wherein a respective module has a respective base plate on which there is secured a number of permanent magnets associated with the module, wherein different modules differ in the number of the permanent magnets, wherein the base plate is arranged at the side, associated with the track, of the respective cart, wherein there is a spacing (a) between the edges, corners, at the front in the direction of motion, or between the centres of gravity or central points of the permanent magnets, wherein in the coupling region, n so-called absent permanent magnets, therefore n gaps in the series of permanent magnets, are provided, wherein the last permanent magnet of a first cart and the first permanent magnet of a cart next-adjacent thereto are at the (n+1)-times spacing ((n+1)*a) from one another, this being greater in comparison with the single spacing (a), wherein n is an odd whole number which is greater than two, wherein each cart has an odd number of permanent magnets, wherein adjacent carts are coupled to one another by means of a coupling which consists of a front, therefore first, coupling part secured to a first of the two carts and of a rear, therefore second, coupling part secured to the second of the two carts, wherein the two carts are pushed apart by means of the respective permanent magnets, of the same kind and facing each other in the coupling region, of the two carts, wherein the engaging coupling parts only enforce, in particular mechanically, a maximum spacing of the two carts, not however a minimum spacing.