diff --git a/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js b/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js
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+const URL_REGEXP = /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+|(?:www\.|[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+)(?::\d{2,5})?((?:\/[\+~%\/\.\w\-_]*)?\??(?:[\-\+=&;%@\.\w_]*)#?(?:[\.\!\/\\\w]*))?)/i;
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether the given string looks like a URL.
+ *
+ * @param {string} url The string to scrutinise.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```js
+ * const isURL = isURL( 'https://wordpress.org' ); // true
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @return {boolean} Whether or not it looks like a URL.
+ */
+export function isURL( url ) {
+	const match = url.match( URL_REGEXP );
+	// The current REGEX pattern will match strings where a valid url is part of it,
+	// so things like 'this is https://wordpress.com' will return true using `URL_REGEXP.test( url );`.
+	// This check will ensure that the matched url (the url found) is the same as the original string,
+	// so the given example will return false.
+	return match !== null && match.length >= 1 && match[ 0 ] === url;
+}
diff --git a/packages/url/src/test/index.native.js b/packages/url/src/test/index.native.js
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+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import './index.test';