to convert alpha numeric string to a lower case in javascript

I am reading a text field, and converting that value to Lower case and comparing to the array of words, if it matches it throws error.

But the problem is when we enter a text as a Alpha Numeric value, then I am not able to convert Lower case letters and getting the Run Time error as "Object is Not Defined"

if(streetAddress != null){
    for(var k=0; k<notValidPostalChars.length; k++){

        var secondWord = notValidPostalChars[k];

        if (streetAddress.toLowerCase().startsWith(stopWord.toLowerCase())) {
            alert("Invalid Error Message");
            document.getElementById("address").focus();
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        }

    }
}

In the above Example, streetAddress may contain the Alpha Numeric as well and it might be in the Lower case or Upper case letters.

This will be entered by the End users and notValidPostalChars is an Array consisting of all the Pre defined Words with UPPER CASE letters

Maybe stopWord is not defined?

var secondWord = notValidPostalChars[k];
if (streetAddress.toLowerCase().startsWith(stopWord.toLowerCase())) {
//                                         ^did you mean secondWord?
   alert("Not invalid mesage");
//       ^ did you mean 'invalid message / not a valid message'?
   document.getElementById("address").focus();
   return false;
}