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The number of possible 12 word phrases (disregarding the checksum) is 2048 ^ 12 = 5444517870735015415413993718908291383296

The number of alphabetically ordered 12 word phrases is

= 11005261717918037175659349191168

The second number is smaller by a factor of 500 million or a reduction of 99.9999998% but you measure such large numbers in bits in which case you get an entropy reduction of 29 bits (132 - 103)

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