9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the candidate word prediction is a highest ranked word which corrects the input of one or more characters.
6. An electronic device, comprising: a processor; a touchscreen coupled to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to: display a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys and at least some of the keys are configured for displaying characters: receive an input of one or more characters from the virtual keyboard; generate a set of predicted words in accordance with the input of one or more characters; determine that a plurality of the predicted words in the set correspond to a plurality of subsequent candidate input characters; display in a first format a predicted word which represents a candidate word correction which corrects the input of one or more characters, wherein the candidate word correction is displayed at a location within the virtual keyboard adjacent a last input character and in a manner that does not overlap with any other key on the virtual keyboard; displaying in a second format different from the first format a subset of the plurality of predicted words at a plurality of select locations within the virtual keyboard, wherein the subset of the plurality of predicted words represent candidate word predictions which do not correct the input of one or more characters, the plurality of select locations being selected using the plurality of subsequent candidate input characters, wherein the candidate word predictions are positioned adjacent the corresponding subsequent candidate input character and in a manner that does not overlap with any other key on the virtual keyboard; and input the candidate word correction in response to detecting a swipe on or near the last input character.