my $regex = 'word';
my $regex2 = 'Word';
my $modifier = 'i';
my $string = 'a string that has Words in it';

print "match\n" if($string =~ s/$regex/$modifier/);
print "match2\n" if($string =~ s/$regex2/$modifier/);

You were missing the leading 's' for substitute and the final backslash.

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