diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 7dc566a..8a2ed10 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -540,18 +540,6 @@
         refreshPersonalizationDictionarySession();
     }
 
-    private DistracterFilter createDistracterFilter() {
-        final MainKeyboardView mainKeyboardView = mKeyboardSwitcher.getMainKeyboardView();
-        // TODO: Create Keyboard when mainKeyboardView is null.
-        // TODO: Figure out the most reasonable keyboard for the filter. Refer to the
-        // spellchecker's logic.
-        final Keyboard keyboard = (mainKeyboardView != null) ?
-                mainKeyboardView.getKeyboard() : null;
-        final DistracterFilter distracterFilter = new DistracterFilter(mInputLogic.mSuggest,
-                keyboard);
-        return distracterFilter;
-    }
-
     private void refreshPersonalizationDictionarySession() {
         final DictionaryFacilitatorForSuggest dictionaryFacilitator =
                 mInputLogic.mSuggest.mDictionaryFacilitator;
@@ -1755,6 +1743,11 @@
         mInputLogic.mSuggest.mDictionaryFacilitator.clearPersonalizationDictionary();
     }
 
+    @UsedForTesting
+    /* package for test */ DistracterFilter createDistracterFilter() {
+        return DistracterFilter.createDistracterFilter(mInputLogic.mSuggest, mKeyboardSwitcher);
+    }
+
     public void dumpDictionaryForDebug(final String dictName) {
         final DictionaryFacilitatorForSuggest dictionaryFacilitator =
                 mInputLogic.mSuggest.mDictionaryFacilitator;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/DistracterFilter.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/DistracterFilter.java
index 48e43d6..55cbf79 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/DistracterFilter.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/DistracterFilter.java
@@ -17,21 +17,35 @@
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
+import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardSwitcher;
+import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.MainKeyboardView;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Suggest;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Suggest.OnGetSuggestedWordsCallback;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords.SuggestedWordInfo;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.WordComposer;
 
 /**
- * This class is used to prevent distracters/misspellings being added to personalization
+ * This class is used to prevent distracters being added to personalization
  * or user history dictionaries
  */
 public class DistracterFilter {
     private final Suggest mSuggest;
     private final Keyboard mKeyboard;
 
+    // If the score of the top suggestion exceeds this value, the tested word (e.g.,
+    // an OOV, a misspelling, or an in-vocabulary word) would be considered as a distracter to
+    // words in dictionary. The greater the threshold is, the less likely the tested word would
+    // become a distracter, which means the tested word will be more likely to be added to
+    // the dictionary.
+    private static final float DISTRACTER_WORD_SCORE_THRESHOLD = 2.0f;
+
     /**
      * Create a DistracterFilter instance.
      *
      * @param suggest an instance of Suggest which will be used to obtain a list of suggestions
-     *                for a potential distracter/misspelling
+     *                for a potential distracter
      * @param keyboard the keyboard that is currently being used. This information is needed
      *                 when calling mSuggest.getSuggestedWords(...) to obtain a list of suggestions.
      */
@@ -40,9 +54,79 @@
         mKeyboard = keyboard;
     }
 
-    public boolean isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(final String prevWord,
-            final String targetWord) {
-        // TODO: to be implemented
+    public static DistracterFilter createDistracterFilter(final Suggest suggest,
+            final KeyboardSwitcher keyboardSwitcher) {
+        final MainKeyboardView mainKeyboardView = keyboardSwitcher.getMainKeyboardView();
+        // TODO: Create Keyboard when mainKeyboardView is null.
+        // TODO: Figure out the most reasonable keyboard for the filter. Refer to the
+        // spellchecker's logic.
+        final Keyboard keyboard = (mainKeyboardView != null) ?
+                mainKeyboardView.getKeyboard() : null;
+        final DistracterFilter distracterFilter = new DistracterFilter(suggest, keyboard);
+        return distracterFilter;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean suggestionExceedsDistracterThreshold(
+            final SuggestedWordInfo suggestion, final String consideredWord,
+            final float distracterThreshold) {
+        if (null != suggestion) {
+            final int suggestionScore = suggestion.mScore;
+            final float normalizedScore = BinaryDictionaryUtils.calcNormalizedScore(
+                    consideredWord, suggestion.mWord, suggestionScore);
+            if (normalizedScore > distracterThreshold) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine whether a word is a distracter to words in dictionaries.
+     *
+     * @param prevWord the previous word, or null if none.
+     * @param testedWord the word that will be tested to see whether it is a distracter to words
+     *                   in dictionaries.
+     * @return true if testedWord is a distracter, otherwise false.
+     */
+    public boolean isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(final String prevWord,
+            final String testedWord) {
+        if (mSuggest == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final WordComposer composer = new WordComposer();
+        final int[] codePoints = StringUtils.toCodePointArray(testedWord);
+        final int[] coordinates;
+        if (null == mKeyboard) {
+            coordinates = CoordinateUtils.newCoordinateArray(codePoints.length,
+                    Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE, Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE);
+        } else {
+            coordinates = mKeyboard.getCoordinates(codePoints);
+        }
+        composer.setComposingWord(codePoints, coordinates, prevWord);
+
+        final int trailingSingleQuotesCount = composer.trailingSingleQuotesCount();
+        final String consideredWord = trailingSingleQuotesCount > 0 ? testedWord.substring(0,
+                testedWord.length() - trailingSingleQuotesCount) : testedWord;
+        final AsyncResultHolder<Boolean> holder = new AsyncResultHolder<Boolean>();
+        final OnGetSuggestedWordsCallback callback = new OnGetSuggestedWordsCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void onGetSuggestedWords(final SuggestedWords suggestedWords) {
+                if (suggestedWords != null && suggestedWords.size() > 1) {
+                    // The suggestedWordInfo at 0 is the typed word. The 1st suggestion from
+                    // the decoder is at index 1.
+                    final SuggestedWordInfo firstSuggestion = suggestedWords.getInfo(1);
+                    final boolean hasStrongDistractor = suggestionExceedsDistracterThreshold(
+                            firstSuggestion, consideredWord, DISTRACTER_WORD_SCORE_THRESHOLD);
+                    holder.set(hasStrongDistractor);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        mSuggest.getSuggestedWords(composer, prevWord, mKeyboard.getProximityInfo(),
+                true /* blockOffensiveWords */, true /* isCorrectionEnbaled */,
+                null /* additionalFeaturesOptions */, 0 /* sessionId */,
+                SuggestedWords.NOT_A_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, callback);
+
+        return holder.get(false /* defaultValue */, Constants.GET_SUGGESTED_WORDS_TIMEOUT);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LanguageModelParam.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LanguageModelParam.java
index 55061f4..74e7db9 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LanguageModelParam.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LanguageModelParam.java
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
         if (locale == null) {
             return null;
         }
+        // TODO: Though targetWord is an IV (in-vocabulary) word, we should still apply
+        // distracterFilter in the following code. If targetWord is a distracter,
+        // it should be filtered out.
         if (dictionaryFacilitator.isValidWord(targetWord, false /* ignoreCase */)) {
             return createAndGetLanguageModelParamOfWord(prevWord, targetWord, timestamp,
                     true /* isValidWord */, locale);
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DistracterFilterTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DistracterFilterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..186542a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DistracterFilterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
+
+import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.LargeTest;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.DistracterFilter;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for DistracterFilter
+ */
+@LargeTest
+public class DistracterFilterTest extends InputTestsBase {
+    private DistracterFilter mDistracterFilter;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        mDistracterFilter = mLatinIME.createDistracterFilter();
+    }
+
+    public void testIsDistractorToWordsInDictionaries() {
+        final String EMPTY_PREV_WORD = null;
+        String typedWord = "alot";
+        // For this test case, we consider "alot" is a distracter to "a lot".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "mot";
+        // For this test case, we consider "mot" is a distracter to "not".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "wierd";
+        // For this test case, we consider "wierd" is a distracter to "weird".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "hoe";
+        // For this test case, we consider "hoe" is a distracter to "how".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "nit";
+        // For this test case, we consider "nit" is a distracter to "not".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "ill";
+        // For this test case, we consider "ill" is a distracter to "I'll".
+        assertTrue(mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "asdfd";
+        // For this test case, we consider "asdfd" is not a distracter to any word in dictionaries.
+        assertFalse(
+                mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+
+        typedWord = "thank";
+        // For this test case, we consider "thank" is not a distracter to any other word
+        // in dictionaries.
+        assertFalse(
+                mDistracterFilter.isDistracterToWordsInDictionaries(EMPTY_PREV_WORD, typedWord));
+    }
+}