diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts b/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts
index 7ecbdbe..542fba8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const createGameSession = async (
     correctAnswers.map(async (correctAnswer) => {
       const distractorTexts = await getDistractors(
         correctAnswer.termId,
+        correctAnswer.targetText,
         request.target_language,
         request.pos,
         request.difficulty,
diff --git a/packages/db/src/models/termModel.ts b/packages/db/src/models/termModel.ts
index 40fe706..1ffd56a 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/models/termModel.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/models/termModel.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export const getGameTerms = async (
 
 export const getDistractors = async (
   excludeTermId: string,
+  excludeText: string,
   targetLanguage: SupportedLanguageCode,
   pos: SupportedPos,
   difficulty: DifficultyLevel,
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export const getDistractors = async (
         eq(terms.pos, pos),
         eq(translations.difficulty, difficulty),
         ne(terms.id, excludeTermId),
+        ne(translations.text, excludeText),
       ),
     )
     // TODO(post-mvp): same ORDER BY RANDOM() concern as getGameTerms — see comment there.