How do I look up variations of spellings in a column list and return the correct value shown in the first row

daniel_san

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Currently fielding a question in a survey which allows free form responses of different brands, as a result there are a lot of misspellings and random responses. I am building a column list of these misspellings and random responses with the correct spellings/brand as a header of the column. I have multiple columns of lists side by side (as below). I'm looking for a formula which can look for whatever value has been written in the range of responses and return the correct corresponding value as shown in the header. Is this possible? I tried index match but it would only let me use match on one row of data instead of all of it. Hlookup doesn't work as it looks up for the first instance of a word (e.g. 'no' would match to both 'no idea' which sits under "don't know" and just 'no' which sits under "None"). I'm tearing my hair out here! Thanks in advance.

Don't KnowBoohoo.comVeryAmazon
dkboohooVery.comamazon
dunnoboohoo.co.ukvery.co.ukamazen
dont knowBOOHOO.comVERYamazon.com
no ideabohoovryamazon.co.uk
not sureboohoveeryAMAZONN

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Excel Facts

Easy bullets in Excel
If you have a numeric keypad, press Alt+7 on numeric keypad to type a bullet in Excel.
You would find it easier to create a list like:

dkDon't Know
dunnoDon't Know
dont knowDon't Know
no ideaDon't Know
not sureDon't Know
boohooBoohoo.com
boohoo.co.ukBoohoo.com
BOOHOO.comBoohoo.com
bohooBoohoo.com
boohoBoohoo.com
Very.comVery
very.co.ukVery
VERYVery
vryVery
veeryVery
amazonAmazon
amazenAmazon
amazon.comAmazon
amazon.co.ukAmazon
AMAZONNAmazon

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then you can just use VLOOKUP.
 
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Thanks for the tip, I don't know why I didn't think of doing it this way in the first place. pretty **** obvious really! cheers
 
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