diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
index e166a24f2be..98033531e3a 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use anyhow::Context as _;
 use super::dependency::Dependency;
 use crate::core::dependency::DepKind;
 use crate::core::{FeatureValue, Features, Workspace};
+use crate::util::closest;
 use crate::util::interning::InternedString;
 use crate::{CargoResult, GlobalContext};
 
@@ -381,6 +382,13 @@ impl LocalManifest {
                 }
             }
             None => {
+                let names = parent_table
+                    .as_table_like()
+                    .map(|t| t.iter())
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .flatten();
+                let alt_name = closest(name, names.map(|(k, _)| k), |k| k).map(|n| n.to_owned());
+
                 // Search in other tables.
                 let sections = self.get_sections();
                 let found_table_path = sections.iter().find_map(|(t, i)| {
@@ -393,6 +401,7 @@ impl LocalManifest {
                     name,
                     table_path.join("."),
                     found_table_path,
+                    alt_name.as_deref(),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -605,10 +614,13 @@ fn non_existent_dependency_err(
     name: impl std::fmt::Display,
     search_table: impl std::fmt::Display,
     found_table: Option<impl std::fmt::Display>,
+    alt_name: Option<&str>,
 ) -> anyhow::Error {
     let mut msg = format!("the dependency `{name}` could not be found in `{search_table}`");
     if let Some(found_table) = found_table {
         msg.push_str(&format!("; it is present in `{found_table}`",));
+    } else if let Some(alt_name) = alt_name {
+        msg.push_str(&format!("; dependency `{alt_name}` exists",));
     }
     anyhow::format_err!(msg)
 }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/invalid_dep/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/invalid_dep/stderr.term.svg
index 3b7fb2b807d..5eecfe5e7da 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/invalid_dep/stderr.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/invalid_dep/stderr.term.svg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<svg width="740px" height="74px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg width="1104px" height="74px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
     .bg { background: #000000 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
     <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-green bold">    Removing</tspan><tspan> invalid_dependency_name from dependencies</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="46px"><tspan class="fg-red bold">error</tspan><tspan class="bold">:</tspan><tspan> the dependency `invalid_dependency_name` could not be found in `dependencies`</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px"><tspan class="fg-red bold">error</tspan><tspan class="bold">:</tspan><tspan> the dependency `invalid_dependency_name` could not be found in `dependencies`; dependency `invalid-dependency-name` exists</tspan>
 </tspan>
     <tspan x="10px" y="64px">
 </tspan>