1. A method comprising: at an electronic device with a display and a gaze detection device: displaying, in a target region of the display, one or more words entered by a user of the electronic device; while displaying the one or more words, receiving a sequence of character inputs; in response to receiving the sequence of character inputs, displaying, in the target region, a sequence of user-input characters that corresponds to the sequence of character inputs, wherein the sequence of user-input characters has an associated sequence of autocorrect characters that is different from the sequence of user-input characters; and after displaying the sequence of user-input characters: determining whether a gaze region of the user of the electronic device, obtained from the gaze detection device, and the target region of the display overlap; in accordance with a determination that the gaze region and the target region do overlap, replacing, on the display, the sequence of user-input characters with the sequence of autocorrect characters; and in accordance with a determination that the gaze region and the target region do not overlap, delaying replacing the sequence of user-input characters with the sequence of autocorrect characters.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target region includes an entirety of the display.