11. The electronic device of claim 9 wherein the determining comprises: making a determination that the another character matches a given character in the candidate; followed by a number of determinations that one or more of the proposed characters which alternately precede and follow the another character in a fashion progressively moving outwardly from the another character match a number of characters of the candidate which similarly alternately precede and follow the given character in a fashion progressively moving outwardly from the given character; and followed by a determination that a particular proposed character at a particular position in the series of characters with respect to the another character differs from a character similarly positioned in the candidate with respect to the given character; and wherein the storing comprises storing as the series of characters the another character and the one or more of the proposed characters.
11. The electronic device of claim 9 wherein the determining comprises: making a determination that the another character matches a given character in the candidate; followed by a number of determinations that one or more of the proposed characters which alternately precede and follow the another character in a fashion progressively moving outwardly from the another character match a number of characters of the candidate which similarly alternately precede and follow the given character in a fashion progressively moving outwardly from the given character; and followed by a determination that a particular proposed character at a particular position in the series of characters with respect to the another character differs from a character similarly positioned in the candidate with respect to the given character; and wherein the storing comprises storing as the series of characters the another character and the one or more of the proposed characters. 13. The electronic device of claim 11 wherein the operations further comprise, responsive to said determination that the particular proposed character differs, initiating said storing the series of characters.