using static System.Console; using System; using System.Globalization; public class Program { public static void Main() { var mainStr = "José João"; WriteLine(mainStr.ContainsInsensitive("JOA")); WriteLine(mainStr.ContainsInsensitive("jose")); WriteLine(mainStr.ContainsInsensitive("josé")); } } namespace System { public static class StringExt { public static bool ContainsInsensitive(this string source, string search) => (new CultureInfo("pt-BR").CompareInfo).IndexOf(source, search, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase | CompareOptions.IgnoreNonSpace) >= 0; } } //https://pt.stackoverflow.com/q/179620/101