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diff --git a/collate/_abcollator.py b/collate/_abcollator.py
index 094a5de..9dce32b 100644
--- a/collate/_abcollator.py
+++ b/collate/_abcollator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
+import collate.strings
+
 class Collator(object):
     def cmp(self, string1, string2):
+        """Return negative if a < b, zero if a == b, positive if a > b."""
         return cmp(self.key(string1), self.key(string2))
 
-        
+    def words(self, string):
+        """Split the string along word boundries."""
+        if isinstance(string, str):
+            string = string.decode(self.encoding, 'replace')
+        return string.split()
+
+    def sortemekey(self, string, invalid=float('inf')):
+        """Return a key based on sortemes of a string.
+
+        If the string is a str instance, it is decoded to a unicode
+        instance according to the 'encoding' attribute of the
+        Collator.
+        """
+        if isinstance(string, str):
+            string = string.decode(self.encoding, 'replace')
+
+        # Shove the sortkeyed original string on the end to resolve
+        # ties intelligently.
+        return (collate.strings.sortemes(string, self.key),
+                self.key(string))
+