diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11a3b6cc..3f85e89f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "aria-query": "^4.2.2",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "dom-accessibility-api": "^0.5.4",
+    "leven": "^3.1.0",
     "lz-string": "^1.4.4",
     "pretty-format": "^26.6.2"
   },
diff --git a/src/__tests__/close-matches.js b/src/__tests__/close-matches.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fc6ed22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/close-matches.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import {getCloseMatchesByAttribute} from '../close-matches'
+import {render} from './helpers/test-utils'
+
+describe('getCloseMatchesByAttribute', () => {
+  test('should return all closest matches', () => {
+    const {container} = render(`
+    <div data-testid="The slow brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"></div>
+    <div data-testid="The rapid brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"></div>
+    <div data-testid="The quick black fox jumps over the lazy dog"></div>
+    <div data-testid="The quick brown meerkat jumps over the lazy dog"></div>
+    <div data-testid="The quick brown fox flies over the lazy dog"></div>
+    `)
+    expect(
+      getCloseMatchesByAttribute(
+        'data-testid',
+        container,
+        'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([
+      'The quick black fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+      'The quick brown fox flies over the lazy dog',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test('should ignore matches that are too distant', () => {
+    const {container} = render(`
+      <div data-testid="very-cool-div"></div>
+      <div data-testid="too-diferent-to-match"></div>
+      <div data-testid="not-even-close"></div>
+      <div data-testid></div>
+      <div></div>
+    `)
+    expect(
+      getCloseMatchesByAttribute('data-testid', container, 'normal-div'),
+    ).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test('should ignore duplicated matches', () => {
+    const {container} = render(`
+      <div data-testid="lazy dog"></div>
+      <div data-testid="lazy dog"></div>
+      <div data-testid="lazy dog"></div>
+      <div data-testid="energetic dog"></div>
+    `)
+    expect(
+      getCloseMatchesByAttribute('data-testid', container, 'happy dog'),
+    ).toEqual(['lazy dog'])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
index 3e3ee6de..520a4eda 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
@@ -1273,3 +1273,80 @@ it(`should get element by it's label when there are elements with same text`, ()
   `)
   expect(getByLabelText('test 1')).toBeInTheDocument()
 })
+
+test('returns closest match when computeCloseMatches = true', () => {
+  const {getByTestId} = render(`
+<div>
+  <div data-testid="cat-dog"></div>
+  <div data-testid="meerkat"></div>
+  <div data-testid="tamandua"></div>
+</div>`)
+
+  expect(() => getByTestId('meercat', {computeCloseMatches: true}))
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+"Unable to find an element by: [data-testid="meercat"]. Did you mean one of the following?
+meerkat
+
+<div>
+  
+
+  <div>
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="cat-dog"
+    />
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="meerkat"
+    />
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="tamandua"
+    />
+    
+
+  </div>
+</div>"
+`)
+})
+
+test('returns default error message when computeCloseMatches = true but cant find any good suggestions', () => {
+  const {getByTestId} = render(`
+<div>
+  <div data-testid="cat-dog"></div>
+  <div data-testid="meerkat"></div>
+  <div data-testid="tamandua"></div>
+</div>`)
+
+  expect(() => getByTestId('white-shark', {computeCloseMatches: true}))
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+"Unable to find an element by: [data-testid="white-shark"]
+
+<div>
+  
+
+  <div>
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="cat-dog"
+    />
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="meerkat"
+    />
+    
+  
+    <div
+      data-testid="tamandua"
+    />
+    
+
+  </div>
+</div>"
+`)
+})
diff --git a/src/close-matches.js b/src/close-matches.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..604d6c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/close-matches.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import {makeNormalizer} from './matches'
+import calculateLevenshteinDistance from 'leven'
+
+const MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_DISTANCE = 4
+
+export const getCloseMatchesByAttribute = (
+  attribute,
+  container,
+  searchText,
+  {collapseWhitespace, trim, normalizer} = {},
+) => {
+  const matchNormalizer = makeNormalizer({collapseWhitespace, trim, normalizer})
+  const allElements = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll(`[${attribute}]`))
+  const allNormalizedValues = new Set(
+    allElements.map(element =>
+      matchNormalizer(element.getAttribute(attribute) || ''),
+    ),
+  )
+  const iterator = allNormalizedValues.values()
+  const lowerCaseSearch = searchText.toLowerCase()
+  let lastClosestDistance = MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_DISTANCE
+  let closestValues = []
+
+  for (let normalizedText; (normalizedText = iterator.next().value); ) {
+    if (
+      Math.abs(normalizedText.length - searchText.length) > lastClosestDistance
+    ) {
+      // the distance cannot be closer than what we have already found
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-continue
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const distance = calculateLevenshteinDistance(
+      normalizedText.toLowerCase(),
+      lowerCaseSearch,
+    )
+
+    if (distance > lastClosestDistance) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-continue
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (distance < lastClosestDistance) {
+      lastClosestDistance = distance
+      closestValues = []
+    }
+    closestValues.push(normalizedText)
+  }
+  return closestValues
+}
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 2472a3fe..188162ea 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ let config = {
   },
   _disableExpensiveErrorDiagnostics: false,
   computedStyleSupportsPseudoElements: false,
+  computeCloseMatches: false,
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_IGNORE_TAGS = 'script, style'
diff --git a/src/queries/test-id.js b/src/queries/test-id.js
index f2ef5a9d..5d967adb 100644
--- a/src/queries/test-id.js
+++ b/src/queries/test-id.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {getCloseMatchesByAttribute} from '../close-matches'
 import {checkContainerType} from '../helpers'
 import {wrapAllByQueryWithSuggestion} from '../query-helpers'
 import {queryAllByAttribute, getConfig, buildQueries} from './all-utils'
@@ -11,8 +12,24 @@ function queryAllByTestId(...args) {
 
 const getMultipleError = (c, id) =>
   `Found multiple elements by: [${getTestIdAttribute()}="${id}"]`
-const getMissingError = (c, id) =>
-  `Unable to find an element by: [${getTestIdAttribute()}="${id}"]`
+const getMissingError = (
+  c,
+  id,
+  {computeCloseMatches = getConfig().computeCloseMatches, ...options} = {},
+) => {
+  const defaultMessage = `Unable to find an element by: [${getTestIdAttribute()}="${id}"]`
+
+  const closeMatches =
+    !computeCloseMatches || typeof id !== 'string'
+      ? []
+      : getCloseMatchesByAttribute(getTestIdAttribute(), c, id, options)
+
+  return closeMatches.length === 0
+    ? defaultMessage
+    : `${defaultMessage}. Did you mean one of the following?\n${closeMatches.join(
+        '\n',
+      )}`
+}
 
 const queryAllByTestIdWithSuggestions = wrapAllByQueryWithSuggestion(
   queryAllByTestId,