Correctly spelled words being changed despite Auto-Correction and Predictive OFF

Yep. This is baked into Apple’s atrocious swipe keyboard implementation, and there is no way to disable it. None of the autocorrect or predictive settings have any effect on it. It is extremely annoying and frustrating.

I’ve been craving it (it just did it again!)… screaming it out as much as I can online, in the hopes that it will get some traction and Apple will finally let us inhibit it. All it would take is a simple setting: “disable prior-word correction with swipe entry.”

Toggling that does nothing. This behavior is baked into Apple’s swipe keyboard algorithms and the user cannot disable it. It’s been this way forever and makes me want to pull my hair out and throw my iPhone out the window. All it would take is a simple menu option if Apple actually cared: “disable prior-word AutoCorrect for swipe entry.”

No, it IS working correctly. That’s the problem. The issue described in the original post is baked into Apple’s swipe algorithm, and there is no way to disable it. They simply need to fix it. I’ve screen-recorded numerous examples of it doing this, on multiple Apple devices. If you’re somebody who always swipe-types, you see this issue multiple times every day.

Hi gmtruong,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities! Since your keyboard doesn't seem to be working as expected, try restarting your iPhone. Restarting can fix many issues:

"How to restart your iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, or later

1. Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.

2. Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.

3. To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo.

How to restart your iPhone 6, 7, 8, or SE (2nd or 3rd generation)

1. Press and hold the side button until the power-off slider appears.

2. Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.

3. To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo."

Find these steps in the article Restart your iPhone. It may also help to remove and read the keyboard in Settings > Keyboards.

Cheers!

Having the same issues, just updated to 16.6.1. No change, it's so annoying because it appears I constantly have typos when I text people because my previous words get switched and I'm not a final proof reader, I proof as I go. Luckily they added the ability to edit text to help fix this issue *he said sarcastically. Not my texts are just littered with the "edited" tag. There is no solution on our end, I wish they'd stop suggesting resetting anything when the problem is the ios software.

Hi gmtruong,

We appreciate you giving those steps a try.

We’d like to gather additional details that may help us be in a better position to assist you.

Does it help if you toggle off and on the "Slide to Type" switch?

Type with the onscreen keyboard on iPhone - Apple Support

If yes, please reach out to us here so we can take a closer look into the issue: Get Support

Take care!

Hi gmtruong,

Thanks for the update. Given the troubleshooting you've tried, we suggest getting in touch with Apple Support so that they can investigate this issue with you further. They can be reached here: Apple Support

Best Regards.