diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 966e6f4e4c7..b6a40258f69 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -570,9 +570,12 @@ namespace ts {
             isArrayLikeType,
             isTypeInvalidDueToUnionDiscriminant,
             getAllPossiblePropertiesOfTypes,
-            getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty: (node, type) => getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty(node, type),
+            getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentProperty,
+            getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty,
+            getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentSymbol: (location, name, meaning) => getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentSymbol(location, escapeLeadingUnderscores(name), meaning),
             getSuggestionForNonexistentSymbol: (location, name, meaning) => getSuggestionForNonexistentSymbol(location, escapeLeadingUnderscores(name), meaning),
-            getSuggestionForNonexistentExport: (node, target) => getSuggestionForNonexistentExport(node, target),
+            getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentModule,
+            getSuggestionForNonexistentExport,
             getBaseConstraintOfType,
             getDefaultFromTypeParameter: type => type && type.flags & TypeFlags.TypeParameter ? getDefaultFromTypeParameter(type as TypeParameter) : undefined,
             resolveName(name, location, meaning, excludeGlobals) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index 6102205a4d0..1009e75fa89 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -3484,8 +3484,11 @@ namespace ts {
          */
         /* @internal */ tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties(memberName: string, moduleSymbol: Symbol): Symbol | undefined;
         getApparentType(type: Type): Type;
+        /* @internal */ getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentProperty(name: Identifier | PrivateIdentifier | string, containingType: Type): Symbol | undefined;
         /* @internal */ getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty(name: Identifier | PrivateIdentifier | string, containingType: Type): string | undefined;
+        /* @internal */ getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentSymbol(location: Node, name: string, meaning: SymbolFlags): Symbol | undefined;
         /* @internal */ getSuggestionForNonexistentSymbol(location: Node, name: string, meaning: SymbolFlags): string | undefined;
+        /* @internal */ getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentModule(node: Identifier, target: Symbol): Symbol | undefined;
         /* @internal */ getSuggestionForNonexistentExport(node: Identifier, target: Symbol): string | undefined;
         getBaseConstraintOfType(type: Type): Type | undefined;
         getDefaultFromTypeParameter(type: Type): Type | undefined;
diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts b/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
index 725237dd99e..037f00462c0 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
@@ -14,27 +14,27 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
             const { sourceFile } = context;
             const info = getInfo(sourceFile, context.span.start, context);
             if (!info) return undefined;
-            const { node, suggestion } = info;
+            const { node, suggestedSymbol } = info;
             const { target } = context.host.getCompilationSettings();
-            const changes = textChanges.ChangeTracker.with(context, t => doChange(t, sourceFile, node, suggestion, target!));
-            return [createCodeFixAction("spelling", changes, [Diagnostics.Change_spelling_to_0, suggestion], fixId, Diagnostics.Fix_all_detected_spelling_errors)];
+            const changes = textChanges.ChangeTracker.with(context, t => doChange(t, sourceFile, node, suggestedSymbol, target!));
+            return [createCodeFixAction("spelling", changes, [Diagnostics.Change_spelling_to_0, symbolName(suggestedSymbol)], fixId, Diagnostics.Fix_all_detected_spelling_errors)];
         },
         fixIds: [fixId],
         getAllCodeActions: context => codeFixAll(context, errorCodes, (changes, diag) => {
             const info = getInfo(diag.file, diag.start, context);
             const { target } = context.host.getCompilationSettings();
-            if (info) doChange(changes, context.sourceFile, info.node, info.suggestion, target!);
+            if (info) doChange(changes, context.sourceFile, info.node, info.suggestedSymbol, target!);
         }),
     });
 
-    function getInfo(sourceFile: SourceFile, pos: number, context: CodeFixContextBase): { node: Node, suggestion: string } | undefined {
+    function getInfo(sourceFile: SourceFile, pos: number, context: CodeFixContextBase): { node: Node, suggestedSymbol: Symbol } | undefined {
         // This is the identifier of the misspelled word. eg:
         // this.speling = 1;
         //      ^^^^^^^
         const node = getTokenAtPosition(sourceFile, pos);
         const checker = context.program.getTypeChecker();
 
-        let suggestion: string | undefined;
+        let suggestedSymbol: Symbol | undefined;
         if (isPropertyAccessExpression(node.parent) && node.parent.name === node) {
             Debug.assert(isIdentifierOrPrivateIdentifier(node), "Expected an identifier for spelling (property access)");
             let containingType = checker.getTypeAtLocation(node.parent.expression);
@@ -42,29 +42,36 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
                 containingType = checker.getNonNullableType(containingType);
             }
             const name = node as Identifier | PrivateIdentifier;
-            suggestion = checker.getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty(name, containingType);
+            suggestedSymbol = checker.getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentProperty(name, containingType);
         }
         else if (isImportSpecifier(node.parent) && node.parent.name === node) {
             Debug.assert(node.kind === SyntaxKind.Identifier, "Expected an identifier for spelling (import)");
             const importDeclaration = findAncestor(node, isImportDeclaration)!;
             const resolvedSourceFile = getResolvedSourceFileFromImportDeclaration(sourceFile, context, importDeclaration);
             if (resolvedSourceFile && resolvedSourceFile.symbol) {
-                suggestion = checker.getSuggestionForNonexistentExport(node as Identifier, resolvedSourceFile.symbol);
+                suggestedSymbol = checker.getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentModule(node as Identifier, resolvedSourceFile.symbol);
             }
         }
         else {
             const meaning = getMeaningFromLocation(node);
             const name = getTextOfNode(node);
             Debug.assert(name !== undefined, "name should be defined");
-            suggestion = checker.getSuggestionForNonexistentSymbol(node, name, convertSemanticMeaningToSymbolFlags(meaning));
+            suggestedSymbol = checker.getSuggestedSymbolForNonexistentSymbol(node, name, convertSemanticMeaningToSymbolFlags(meaning));
         }
 
-        return suggestion === undefined ? undefined : { node, suggestion };
+        return suggestedSymbol === undefined ? undefined : { node, suggestedSymbol };
     }
 
-    function doChange(changes: textChanges.ChangeTracker, sourceFile: SourceFile, node: Node, suggestion: string, target: ScriptTarget) {
+    function doChange(changes: textChanges.ChangeTracker, sourceFile: SourceFile, node: Node, suggestedSymbol: Symbol, target: ScriptTarget) {
+        const suggestion = symbolName(suggestedSymbol);
         if (!isIdentifierText(suggestion, target) && isPropertyAccessExpression(node.parent)) {
-            changes.replaceNode(sourceFile, node.parent, createElementAccess(node.parent.expression, createLiteral(suggestion)));
+            const valDecl = suggestedSymbol.valueDeclaration;
+            if (isNamedDeclaration(valDecl) && isPrivateIdentifier(valDecl.name)) {
+                changes.replaceNode(sourceFile, node, createIdentifier(suggestion));
+            }
+            else {
+                changes.replaceNode(sourceFile, node.parent, createElementAccess(node.parent.expression, createLiteral(suggestion)));
+            }
         }
         else {
             changes.replaceNode(sourceFile, node, createIdentifier(suggestion));
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPrivatePropertyName.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPrivatePropertyName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7952f45ab5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPrivatePropertyName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////class A {
+////   #foo: number;
+////   constructor() {
+////       [|this.foo = 1;|]
+////   }
+////}
+
+verify.codeFixAvailable([
+    { description: "Change spelling to '#foo'" },
+    { description: "Declare property 'foo'" },
+    { description: "Add index signature for property 'foo'" },
+    { description: "Remove declaration for: '#foo'" },
+]);
+
+verify.codeFix({
+    index: 0,
+    description: "Change spelling to '#foo'",
+    newRangeContent: "this.#foo = 1;"
+});
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPropertyNameStartsWithHash.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPropertyNameStartsWithHash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bc7eff06cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixSpellingPropertyNameStartsWithHash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////class A {
+////   "#foo": number = 100;
+////   constructor() {
+////       [|this.foo = 1;|]
+////   }
+////}
+
+verify.codeFixAvailable([
+    { description: "Change spelling to '#foo'" },
+    { description: "Declare property 'foo'" },
+    { description: "Add index signature for property 'foo'" }
+]);
+
+verify.codeFix({
+    index: 0,
+    description: "Change spelling to '#foo'",
+    newRangeContent: 'this["#foo"] = 1;'
+});