Handheld electronic device and associated method enabling phonetic text input in a text disambiguation environment and outputting an improved lookup window

A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device that comprises a display, the method comprising:

• detecting an input comprising one or more selections of one or more input keys;
• outputting at least one language object that corresponds with at least a first portion of the input and at least one variant language object as an alternative to the at least one language object in a first region of the display;
• outputting one or more words comprising characters that correspond with at least a portion of the input in a second region of the display;
• in response to detecting a selection of the at least one language object or the at least one variant language object, outputting at least one second language object that corresponds with at least a second portion of the input and at least one second variant language object in the first region, wherein the second portion of the input comprises at least one different portion of the input than the first portion of the input.

A handheld electronic device comprising:

• a display
• a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising:
• detecting an input comprising one or more selections of one or more input keys;
• outputting at least one language object that corresponds with at least a first portion of the input and at least one variant language object as an alternative to the at least one language object in a first region of the display;
• outputting one or more words comprising characters that correspond with at least a portion of the input in a second region of the display;
• in response to detecting a selection of the at least one language object or the at least one variant language object, outputting at least one second language object that corresponds with at least a second portion of the input and at least one second variant language object in the first region, wherein the second portion of the input comprises at least one different portion of the input than the first portion of the input.