1. A method for using prior corrections of a user to improve recognition operations comprising: receiving a handwritten input from a user; performing a recognition operation to determine a top recognized word; analyzing a history of prior corrections by the user to calculate a ratio comprising a forward quantity of corrections from the top recognized word to a particular word over a backward quantity of corrections from the particular word to the top recognized word; and if the ratio meets or exceeds a desired minimum, then swapping the particular word for the top recognized word and displaying the particular word on a display device as a recognition result.