diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/IPublicAPI.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/IPublicAPI.cs
index 681973905..b6f3f0680 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/IPublicAPI.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/IPublicAPI.cs
@@ -88,5 +88,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin
         /// if you want to hook something like Ctrl+R, you should use this event
         /// </summary>
         event FlowLauncherGlobalKeyboardEventHandler GlobalKeyboardEvent;
+
+        public (List<int> MatchedData, int Score, bool Success) MatchString(string query, string stringToCompare);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
index 0cc5a0e5d..5d1ea7f24 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
 
         public event FlowLauncherGlobalKeyboardEventHandler GlobalKeyboardEvent;
 
+        public (List<int> MatchedData, int Score, bool Success) MatchString(string query, string stringToCompare)
+        {
+            var result = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, stringToCompare);
+            return (result.MatchData, result.Score, result.Success);
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Private Methods
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
             }
             return true;
         }
+
         #endregion
     }
 }