Autocorrect Pink Box Hinders Manual Correct

I don't know what's going on, honestly. I was hoping to post a screenshot. I have auto correct turned off in keyboard settings. When I mistype - it happens - the text letters become highlighted in pink along with a list of suggested words THAT ARE ALWAYS WRONG. Also, I'm given two choices: add to dictionary, and delete. This is NEVER HELPFUL - it's kind of frozen, doesn't allow me to change individual letters, it requires an extra click to choose a word. It's as if two systems are at war with each other. This is a recent phenomenon, or at least it's gotten worse. Is this part of Swiftkey, or has Android or another app taken a role? Again, autocorrect is turned off in its settings.