Disable emoji suggestions when using gesture typing with the default Google Keyboard I use gesture (swipe) typing on my phone to enter text.

However, sometimes when I enter certain words, the keyboard suggests emoji icons instead of the word I typed.

For example, when I gesture type the word 'man', I am suggested the male symbol, but if I tap type the word 'man', it works fine and I am suggested the word instead. See images below.




As you can imagine this is frustrating when typing quickly.

This happens in all applications.

I'm using a Nexus 5 running KitKat 4.4.4.

How can I disable emojis from being suggested when gesture typing?
It worked for me to go into the Text Correction section of the Google Keyboard settings and then to Add-On Dictionaries.  Emoji for English words said it was available so I installed it and then removed it.  The auto correct of emoji icons has stopped for me since.