6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, by the computing device, an indication of additional points on the presence-sensitive display traversed by at least one of the first sub-gesture and the second sub-gesture across the graphical keyboard; and determining, by the computing device, whether the additional points are associated with at least one of the first sub-gesture and the second sub-gesture, wherein outputting the candidate word comprises outputting the candidate word at a location of the presence-sensitive display that corresponds to one of the additional points.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, by the computing device, an indication of additional points on the presence-sensitive display traversed by at least one of the first sub-gesture and the second sub-gesture across the graphical keyboard; and determining, by the computing device, whether the additional points are associated with at least one of the first sub-gesture and the second sub-gesture, wherein outputting the candidate word comprises outputting the candidate word at a location of the presence-sensitive display that corresponds to one of the additional points. 7. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first sub-gesture and the second sub-gesture comprises one or more segments.