diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName.ql b/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName.ql
index ce5dc546341..9eeeb288134 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName.ql
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName.ql
@@ -14,6 +14,37 @@
 
 import Misspelling
 
-from GlobalVarAccess gva, VarDecl lvd
-where misspelledVariableName(gva, lvd)
-select gva, "'" + gva + "' may be a typo for variable $@.", lvd, lvd.getName()
+/**
+ * Gets the number of times a local variable with name `name` occurs in the program.
+ */
+bindingset[name]
+int localAcceses(string name) {
+  result = count(VarAccess acc | acc.getName() = name and not acc instanceof GlobalVarAccess)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the number of times a global variable with name `name` occurs in the program.
+ */
+bindingset[name]
+int globalAccesses(string name) { result = count(GlobalVarAccess acc | acc.getName() = name) }
+
+/**
+ * Holds if our heuristic says that the local variable `lvd` seems to be a misspelling of the global variable `gvd`.
+ * Otherwise the global variable is likely the misspelling.
+ */
+predicate globalIsLikelyCorrect(GlobalVarAccess gva, VarDecl lvd) {
+  // If there are more occurrences of the global (by a margin of at least 2), and the local is missing one letter compared to the global.
+  globalAccesses(gva.getName()) >= localAcceses(lvd.getName()) + 2 and
+  lvd.getName().length() = gva.getName().length() - 1
+  or
+  // Or if there are many more of the global.
+  globalAccesses(gva.getName()) > 2 * localAcceses(lvd.getName()) + 2
+}
+
+from GlobalVarAccess gva, VarDecl lvd, string msg
+where
+  misspelledVariableName(gva, lvd) and
+  if globalIsLikelyCorrect(gva, lvd)
+  then msg = "$@ may be a typo for '" + gva + "'."
+  else msg = "'" + gva + "' may be a typo for variable $@."
+select gva, msg, lvd, lvd.getName()
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/MisspelledVariableName.expected b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/MisspelledVariableName.expected
index 43098d60483..535682017e4 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/MisspelledVariableName.expected
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/MisspelledVariableName.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 | MisspelledVariableName.js:2:40:2:45 | lenght | 'lenght' may be a typo for variable $@. | MisspelledVariableName.js:2:19:2:24 | length | length |
 | tst.js:2:10:2:20 | errorMesage | 'errorMesage' may be a typo for variable $@. | tst.js:1:12:1:23 | errorMessage | errorMessage |
-| tst.js:6:10:6:21 | errorMessage | 'errorMessage' may be a typo for variable $@. | tst.js:5:12:5:22 | errorMesage | errorMesage |
+| tst.js:6:10:6:21 | errorMessage | $@ may be a typo for 'errorMessage'. | tst.js:5:12:5:22 | errorMesage | errorMesage |
 | tst.js:11:12:11:22 | errorMesage | 'errorMesage' may be a typo for variable $@. | tst.js:9:12:9:23 | errorMessage | errorMessage |
-| tst.js:17:5:17:16 | errorMessage | 'errorMessage' may be a typo for variable $@. | tst.js:15:12:15:22 | errorMesage | errorMesage |
+| tst.js:17:5:17:16 | errorMessage | $@ may be a typo for 'errorMessage'. | tst.js:15:12:15:22 | errorMesage | errorMesage |
+| tst.js:22:2:22:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:23:2:23:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:24:2:24:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:25:2:25:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:26:2:26:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:27:2:27:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:28:2:28:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
+| tst.js:29:2:29:12 | thisHandler | $@ may be a typo for 'thisHandler'. | tst.js:21:6:21:15 | thisHander | thisHander |
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/tst.js b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/tst.js
index bc669b52957..cd6c027f1fc 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/tst.js
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Expressions/MisspelledVariableName/tst.js
@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ function k(errorMesage) {
   let inner = () =>
     errorMessage;
 }
+
+function foo() {
+	var thisHander;
+	thisHandler.foo1;
+	thisHandler.foo2;
+	thisHandler.foo3;
+	thisHandler.foo4;
+	thisHandler.foo5;
+	thisHandler.foo6;
+	thisHandler.foo7;
+	thisHandler.foo8;
+}
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