input: from typing import List
  
  def autocomplete(input_text: str) -> List[str]:
      """Given an input text, the function generates word candidates,
      filters them, ranks them, and returns the top 5 predicted words.
      >>> autocomplete("comp")
      ['complete', 'companion', 'compost', 'compote', 'company']
      >>> autocomplete("gen")
      ['general', 'generate', 'generator', 'genetic', 'genesis']
      """
output:     word_candidates = ["complete", "companion", "compost", "compote", "company", 
                          "general", "generate", "generator", "genetic", "genesis"]
      
      filtered_words = [word for word in word_candidates if word.startswith(input_text)]
      
      ranked_words = sorted(filtered_words, key=lambda word: (len(word), word))
      
      return ranked_words[:5]