13. The handheld electronic device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of objects further include a plurality of frequency objects each having a frequency value, at least some of the word objects each being associated with an associated frequency object, and wherein the operations further comprise outputting the first character permutations in descending order of frequency value.
13. The handheld electronic device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of objects further include a plurality of frequency objects each having a frequency value, at least some of the word objects each being associated with an associated frequency object, and wherein the operations further comprise outputting the first character permutations in descending order of frequency value. 16. The handheld electronic device of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise: outputting as a default output a particular first character permutation that corresponds with a particular word object that is associated with a frequency object having a relatively greatest frequency value; detecting another actuation of an input member; identifying another word object which corresponds with the ambiguous input plus the another actuation and which is associated with a frequency object having a relatively greatest frequency value; and making a determination that the another word object is different than the particular word object and, responsive thereto, outputting as another default output an artificial variant comprising the particular first character permutation plus a character assigned to the input member of the another actuation.