---
title: wordMatchMethod
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextsearchoptions/wordmatchmethod-swift.property
---

# wordMatchMethod

The method to use when searching text for matches to words.

## Declaration

```swift
var wordMatchMethod: UITextSearchOptions.WordMatchMethod { get }
```

## See Also

### Configuring searches

- [stringCompareOptions](uikit/uitextsearchoptions/stringcompareoptions.md)
- [UITextSearchOptions.WordMatchMethod](uikit/uitextsearchoptions/wordmatchmethod-swift.enum.md)