diff --git a/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js b/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
index 6207e4dfc1..f7af3c3959 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
@@ -68,11 +68,16 @@ it("`configFile` option with undefined rule", () => {
 
   return postcssPlugin
     .process("a {}", { from: undefined }, config)
-    .then(() => {
-      throw new Error("should not have succeeded");
-    })
-    .catch(err => {
-      expect(err).toEqual(configurationError(`Undefined rule ${ruleName}`));
+    .then(result => {
+      expect(result.messages).toContainEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          line: 1,
+          column: 1,
+          rule: ruleName,
+          text: `Unknown rule ${ruleName}.`,
+          severity: "error"
+        })
+      );
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/reportUnknownRuleNames.test.js b/lib/__tests__/reportUnknownRuleNames.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3199865dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/reportUnknownRuleNames.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const standalone = require("../standalone");
+
+it("test case (1)", () => {
+  const config = {
+    rules: {
+      "color-hex-cas": ["upper"],
+      "function-whitelst": ["scale"]
+    }
+  };
+
+  return standalone({
+    config,
+    code: "a {}"
+  }).then(linted => {
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toContainEqual({
+      line: 1,
+      column: 1,
+      severity: "error",
+      rule: "color-hex-cas",
+      text: "Unknown rule color-hex-cas. Did you mean color-hex-case?"
+    });
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toContainEqual({
+      line: 1,
+      column: 1,
+      severity: "error",
+      rule: "function-whitelst",
+      text: "Unknown rule function-whitelst. Did you mean function-whitelist?"
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+it("test case (2)", () => {
+  const config = {
+    rules: {
+      "color-hex-case": ["upper"],
+      "function-whitelst": ["rgb"]
+    }
+  };
+
+  return standalone({
+    config,
+    code: "a { color: #fff; transform: scale(0.7); }"
+  }).then(linted => {
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toContainEqual({
+      line: 1,
+      column: 1,
+      severity: "error",
+      rule: "function-whitelst",
+      text: "Unknown rule function-whitelst. Did you mean function-whitelist?"
+    });
+    expect(linted.results[0].warnings).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        severity: "error",
+        rule: "color-hex-case"
+      })
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/augmentConfig.js b/lib/augmentConfig.js
index 76c657bc47..2260d504c9 100644
--- a/lib/augmentConfig.js
+++ b/lib/augmentConfig.js
@@ -320,15 +320,16 @@ function normalizeAllRuleSettings(
       requireRule(ruleName) || _.get(config, ["pluginFunctions", ruleName]);
 
     if (!rule) {
-      throw configurationError(`Undefined rule ${ruleName}`);
+      normalizedRules[ruleName] = [];
+    } else {
+      normalizedRules[ruleName] = normalizeRuleSettings(
+        rawRuleSettings,
+        ruleName,
+        _.get(rule, "primaryOptionArray")
+      );
     }
-
-    normalizedRules[ruleName] = normalizeRuleSettings(
-      rawRuleSettings,
-      ruleName,
-      _.get(rule, "primaryOptionArray")
-    );
   });
+
   config.rules = normalizedRules;
 
   return config;
diff --git a/lib/lintSource.js b/lib/lintSource.js
index 548a217dfa..46345898d6 100644
--- a/lib/lintSource.js
+++ b/lib/lintSource.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 const _ = require("lodash");
 const assignDisabledRanges = require("./assignDisabledRanges");
-const configurationError = require("./utils/configurationError");
 const getOsEol = require("./utils/getOsEol");
 const path = require("path");
+const reportUnknownRuleNames = require("./reportUnknownRuleNames");
 const requireRule = require("./requireRule");
 const rulesOrder = require("./rules");
 
@@ -205,7 +205,15 @@ function lintPostcssResult(
       requireRule(ruleName) || _.get(config, ["pluginFunctions", ruleName]);
 
     if (ruleFunction === undefined) {
-      throw configurationError(`Undefined rule ${ruleName}`);
+      performRules.push(
+        Promise.all(
+          postcssRoots.map(postcssRoot =>
+            reportUnknownRuleNames(ruleName, postcssRoot, postcssResult)
+          )
+        )
+      );
+
+      return;
     }
 
     const ruleSettings = _.get(config, ["rules", ruleName]);
diff --git a/lib/reportUnknownRuleNames.js b/lib/reportUnknownRuleNames.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd6f86a4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/reportUnknownRuleNames.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const levenshteinDistance = require("./utils/levenshteinDistance");
+const rules = require("./rules");
+
+const MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_DISTANCE = 6;
+
+function extractSuggestions(ruleName) {
+  const suggestions = new Array(MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_DISTANCE);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < suggestions.length; i++) {
+    suggestions[i] = [];
+  }
+
+  rules.forEach(existRuleName => {
+    const distance = levenshteinDistance(
+      existRuleName,
+      ruleName,
+      MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_DISTANCE
+    );
+
+    if (distance > 0) {
+      suggestions[distance - 1].push(existRuleName);
+    }
+  });
+
+  let result = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < suggestions.length; i++) {
+    if (suggestions[i].length > 0) {
+      if (i < 3) {
+        return suggestions[i].slice(0, 3);
+      }
+
+      result = result.concat(suggestions[i]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result.slice(0, 3);
+}
+
+function rejectMessage(ruleName, suggestions = []) {
+  return (
+    `Unknown rule ${ruleName}.` +
+    (suggestions.length > 0 ? ` Did you mean ${suggestions.join(", ")}?` : "")
+  );
+}
+
+const cache = new Map();
+
+module.exports = function reportUnknownRuleNames(
+  unknownRuleName,
+  postcssRoot,
+  postcssResult
+) {
+  const suggestions = cache.has(unknownRuleName)
+    ? cache.get(unknownRuleName)
+    : extractSuggestions(unknownRuleName);
+  const warningProperties = {
+    severity: "error",
+    rule: unknownRuleName,
+    node: postcssRoot,
+    index: 0
+  };
+
+  cache.set(unknownRuleName, suggestions);
+  postcssResult.warn(
+    rejectMessage(unknownRuleName, suggestions),
+    warningProperties
+  );
+};
diff --git a/lib/utils/__tests__/levenshteinDistance.test.js b/lib/utils/__tests__/levenshteinDistance.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8318f7112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/__tests__/levenshteinDistance.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const levenshteinDistance = require("../levenshteinDistance");
+
+it("return -1 if max distance exited", () => {
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("aaaaa aaaaa", "aaaaa", 5)).toBe(-1);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("a", "a", 0)).toBe(0);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("a", "aa", 0)).toBe(-1);
+});
+
+it("same strings return 0", () => {
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("", "")).toBe(0);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("a", "a")).toBe(0);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("aaaa", "aaaa")).toBe(0);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("aa aa", "aa aa")).toBe(0);
+});
+
+it("common test cases", () => {
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("", "function")).toBe(8);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("function", "")).toBe(8);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("funcsion", "function")).toBe(1);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("funtion", "function")).toBe(1);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("function-a", "a-function")).toBe(4);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("allow", "allows")).toBe(1);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("block-no-empty", "block-emty-no")).toBe(7);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("comments", "coment")).toBe(2);
+});
+
+it("max distance works properly", () => {
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("blabla", "albalb", 4)).toBe(4);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("comments", "comment", 1)).toBe(1);
+  expect(levenshteinDistance("comments", "coment", 1)).toBe(-1);
+  expect(
+    levenshteinDistance("duplicate-no-sorce", "no-duplicate-source", 3)
+  ).toBe(-1);
+});
diff --git a/lib/utils/levenshteinDistance.js b/lib/utils/levenshteinDistance.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e49557ee2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/levenshteinDistance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* @flow */
+"use strict";
+
+/**
+ * Compute levenshtein distance, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance for more info
+ * @param {string} firstStr first string
+ * @param {string} secondStr second string
+ * @param {number} [maxDistance=99] maximum distance, if distance is greater then returns -1
+ * @returns {number} computed distance
+ */
+module.exports = function levenshteinDistance(
+  firstStr /*: string*/,
+  secondStr /*: string*/,
+  maxDistance /*: number*/ = 99
+) /*: number*/ {
+  if (Math.abs(firstStr.length - secondStr.length) > maxDistance) return -1;
+
+  if (firstStr.length === 0 || secondStr.length === 0)
+    return firstStr.length || secondStr.length;
+
+  let line = new Uint32Array(firstStr.length + 1);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
+    line[i] = i;
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < secondStr.length; i++) {
+    const newLine = line.slice();
+
+    newLine[0] = i + 1;
+    let min = newLine[0];
+
+    for (let j = 1; j < line.length; j++) {
+      newLine[j] = Math.min(
+        line[j - 1] + (secondStr[i] === firstStr[j - 1] ? 0 : 1),
+        line[j] + 1,
+        newLine[j - 1] + 1
+      );
+
+      if (newLine[j] < min) min = newLine[j];
+    }
+
+    if (min > maxDistance) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    line = newLine;
+  }
+
+  return line[line.length - 1] > maxDistance ? -1 : line[line.length - 1];
+};