diff --git a/internal/server/handlers_file.go b/internal/server/handlers_file.go
index 1b28240..9bb08e8 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers_file.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers_file.go
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lukaszraczylo/mcp-filepuff/internal/parser"
 	"github.com/lukaszraczylo/mcp-filepuff/internal/search"
 	"github.com/lukaszraczylo/mcp-filepuff/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/lukaszraczylo/mcp-filepuff/pkg/fuzzy"
 	"github.com/lukaszraczylo/mcp-filepuff/pkg/protocol"
 	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/mcp"
 )
 
+// Symbol-suggestion tuning for not-found symbol_name reads.
+const (
+	// maxSymbolSuggestionDistance is the max fuzzy edit distance for a suggestion.
+	maxSymbolSuggestionDistance = 3
+	// maxSymbolSuggestions caps how many "did you mean" names are listed.
+	maxSymbolSuggestions = 3
+)
+
 // handleFileSearch handles the file_search tool.
 func (s *Server) handleFileSearch(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -443,7 +452,7 @@ func (s *Server) readOneFile(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest, p
 		candidates := s.resolveSymbolCandidates(ctx, path, content, symbolName, symbolKind)
 		switch len(candidates) {
 		case 0:
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("symbol %q not found in %s", symbolName, path)
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("symbol %q not found in %s%s", symbolName, path, s.nearestSymbolSuggestion(ctx, path, content, symbolName))
 		case 1:
 			lineStart = candidates[0].StartLine
 			lineEnd = candidates[0].EndLine
@@ -518,6 +527,41 @@ func (s *Server) resolveSymbolCandidates(ctx context.Context, path string, conte
 	return parser.FindSymbolCandidates(result.Tree, content, path, symbolName, symbolKind)
 }
 
+// nearestSymbolSuggestion returns a " — did you mean: a, b, c?" hint listing the
+// closest symbol names in the file to name, or "" if none are reasonably close.
+// The re-parse is cheap: the tree is served from the parser cache.
+func (s *Server) nearestSymbolSuggestion(ctx context.Context, path string, content []byte, name string) string {
+	result, err := s.parser.Parse(ctx, path, content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	syms := parser.ExtractSymbols(result.Tree, content, result.Language, path)
+	if len(syms) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(syms))
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(syms))
+	for _, sym := range syms {
+		if !seen[sym.Name] {
+			seen[sym.Name] = true
+			names = append(names, sym.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	matches := fuzzy.New(maxSymbolSuggestionDistance).Match(name, names)
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	top := matches
+	if len(top) > maxSymbolSuggestions {
+		top = top[:maxSymbolSuggestions]
+	}
+	suggestions := make([]string, len(top))
+	for i, m := range top {
+		suggestions[i] = m.Text
+	}
+	return " — did you mean: " + strings.Join(suggestions, ", ") + "?"
+}
+
 // formatSymbolCandidates renders ambiguous symbol matches as a compact,
 // comma-separated list, e.g. "method_declaration L10-24, method_declaration L42-58".
 func formatSymbolCandidates(candidates []parser.SymbolCandidate) string {
diff --git a/internal/server/handlers_file_test.go b/internal/server/handlers_file_test.go
index da8c583..871cf68 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers_file_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers_file_test.go
@@ -266,6 +266,28 @@ struct Foo {
 
 // ---- Feature 2: strip flag ----
 
+// A misspelled symbol_name should fail with a "did you mean" hint listing the
+// closest real symbols, so the model can self-correct.
+func TestReadSymbolNotFoundSuggestsNearest(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	srv := newTestServer(t, tmpDir)
+
+	goSrc := "package main\n\nfunc Hello() {}\n\nfunc Goodbye() {}\n"
+	f := writeFile(t, tmpDir, "main.go", goSrc)
+
+	out := callRead(t, srv, map[string]interface{}{
+		"path":        f,
+		"symbol_name": "Helo", // typo for Hello
+	})
+
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "not found") {
+		t.Errorf("expected not-found error, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "did you mean") || !strings.Contains(out, "Hello") {
+		t.Errorf("expected suggestion of Hello, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStripImportsGo(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 	srv := newTestServer(t, tmpDir)