diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
index 92b4992bf..7d91c2559 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ public final class Suggest {
                     // dict locale different -> return the better match
                     return new boolean[]{ true, dictLocale == first.mSourceDict.mLocale };
                 }
+                if (first.mScore < typedWordFirstOccurrenceWordInfo.mScore - 100000) {
+                    // don't autocorrect if typed word is clearly the better suggestion
+                    // todo: maybe this should be reduced more, to 50k or even 0
+                    return new boolean[]{ true, false };
+                }
                 putEmptyWordSuggestions.run();
                 int firstScoreForEmpty = firstAndTypedWordEmptyInfos.get(0) != null ? firstAndTypedWordEmptyInfos.get(0).mScore : 0;
                 int typedScoreForEmpty = firstAndTypedWordEmptyInfos.get(1) != null ? firstAndTypedWordEmptyInfos.get(1).mScore : 0;
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/SuggestTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/SuggestTest.kt
index 712f1c4ab..845686a89 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/SuggestTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/SuggestTest.kt
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ class SuggestTest {
         // not corrected because of locale matching
     }
 
+    @Test fun `no "lé" instead of "le"`() {
+        val result = shouldBeAutoCorrected(
+            "le",
+            listOf(suggestion("le", 1900000, Locale.FRENCH), suggestion("lé", 1500000, Locale.FRENCH)),
+            null,
+            null,
+            Locale.FRENCH,
+            thresholdModest
+        )
+        assert(!result.last()) // should not be corrected
+        // not corrected because of score difference
+    }
+
 }
 
 private fun suggestion(word: String, score: Int, locale: Locale) =