diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3177cd2c..d9f34f2d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const validator = require('./lib/config/validator');
 const PrettyError = require('pretty-error');
 const logger = require('./lib/logger');
 const parseRuntime = require('./lib/config/parse-runtime');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const levenshtein = require('fast-levenshtein');
 
 let webpackConfig = null;
 let runtimeConfig = require('./lib/context').runtimeConfig;
@@ -633,6 +635,28 @@ const publicApiProxy = new Proxy(publicApi, {
             };
         }
 
+        if (typeof target[prop] === 'undefined') {
+            // Find the property with the closest Levenshtein distance
+            let similarProperty;
+            let minDistance = Number.MAX_VALUE;
+            for (const apiProperty in target) {
+                const distance = levenshtein.get(apiProperty, prop);
+                if (distance <= minDistance) {
+                    similarProperty = apiProperty;
+                    minDistance = distance;
+                }
+            }
+
+            let errorMessage = `${chalk.red(`Encore.${prop}`)} is not a recognized property or method.`;
+            if (minDistance < 3) {
+                errorMessage += ` Did you mean ${chalk.green(`Encore.${similarProperty}`)}?`;
+            }
+
+            const error = new Error(errorMessage);
+            console.log(new PrettyError().render(error));
+            process.exit(1); // eslint-disable-line
+        }
+
         return target[prop];
     }
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df12d016..76e0303e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "clean-webpack-plugin": "^0.1.16",
     "css-loader": "^0.26.2",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+    "fast-levenshtein": "^2.0.6",
     "file-loader": "^0.10.1",
     "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.6.1",
     "fs-extra": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 24cfaec8..f137fcb6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ fast-deep-equal@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-1.0.0.tgz#96256a3bc975595eb36d82e9929d060d893439ff"
 
-fast-levenshtein@~2.0.4:
+fast-levenshtein@^2.0.6, fast-levenshtein@~2.0.4:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-levenshtein/-/fast-levenshtein-2.0.6.tgz#3d8a5c66883a16a30ca8643e851f19baa7797917"