diff --git a/instaloader/instaloader.py b/instaloader/instaloader.py
index da6eaf5..1b9743f 100644
--- a/instaloader/instaloader.py
+++ b/instaloader/instaloader.py
@@ -926,8 +926,11 @@ class Instaloader:
         :return: Instance of current profile
         """
         profile = None
-        with suppress(ProfileNotExistsException):
+        profile_name_not_exists_err = None
+        try:
             profile = Profile.from_username(self.context, profile_name)
+        except ProfileNotExistsException as err:
+            profile_name_not_exists_err = err
         id_filename = self._get_id_filename(profile_name)
         try:
             with open(id_filename, 'rb') as id_file:
@@ -960,6 +963,8 @@ class Instaloader:
         if profile is not None:
             self.save_profile_id(profile)
             return profile
+        if profile_name_not_exists_err:
+            raise profile_name_not_exists_err
         raise ProfileNotExistsException("Profile {0} does not exist.".format(profile_name))
 
     def download_profiles(self, profiles: Set[Profile],
diff --git a/instaloader/structures.py b/instaloader/structures.py
index 041780d..eaf933b 100644
--- a/instaloader/structures.py
+++ b/instaloader/structures.py
@@ -534,6 +534,13 @@ class Profile:
                 self._has_full_metadata = True
                 self._rhx_gis = metadata.get('rhx_gis')
         except (QueryReturnedNotFoundException, KeyError) as err:
+            top_search_results = TopSearchResults(self._context, self.username)
+            similar_profiles = [profile.username for profile in top_search_results.get_profiles()]
+            if similar_profiles:
+                raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.\nThe most similar profile{}: {}.'
+                                                .format(self.username,
+                                                        's are' if len(similar_profiles) > 1 else ' is',
+                                                        ', '.join(similar_profiles[0:5]))) from err
             raise ProfileNotExistsException('Profile {} does not exist.'.format(self.username)) from err
 
     def _metadata(self, *keys) -> Any: