diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-wasps-allow.md b/.changeset/wicked-wasps-allow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bad5157bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-wasps-allow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"svelte": patch
+---
+
+feat: update error message for snippet binding and assignments
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/errors.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/errors.js
index 6a867ce12c..8281ab50d8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/errors.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/errors.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ const runes = {
 	'duplicate-props-rune': () => `Cannot use $props() more than once`,
 	'invalid-each-assignment': () =>
 		`Cannot reassign or bind to each block argument in runes mode. Use the array and index variables instead (e.g. 'array[i] = value' instead of 'entry = value')`,
+	'invalid-snippet-assignment': () => `Cannot reassign or bind to snippet parameter`,
 	'invalid-derived-call': () => `$derived.call(...) has been replaced with $derived.by(...)`,
 	'conflicting-property-name': () =>
 		`Cannot have a property and a component export with the same name`
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
index 239a885bff..6e27905726 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ const validation = {
 			if (context.state.analysis.runes && binding.kind === 'each') {
 				error(node, 'invalid-each-assignment');
 			}
+
+			if (binding.kind === 'snippet') {
+				error(node, 'invalid-snippet-assignment');
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (node.name === 'group') {
@@ -1011,14 +1015,21 @@ function validate_no_const_assignment(node, argument, scope, is_binding) {
 function validate_assignment(node, argument, state) {
 	validate_no_const_assignment(node, argument, state.scope, false);
 
-	if (state.analysis.runes && argument.type === 'Identifier') {
+	if (argument.type === 'Identifier') {
 		const binding = state.scope.get(argument.name);
-		if (binding?.kind === 'derived') {
-			error(node, 'invalid-derived-assignment');
+
+		if (state.analysis.runes) {
+			if (binding?.kind === 'derived') {
+				error(node, 'invalid-derived-assignment');
+			}
+
+			if (binding?.kind === 'each') {
+				error(node, 'invalid-each-assignment');
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (binding?.kind === 'each') {
-			error(node, 'invalid-each-assignment');
+		if (binding?.kind === 'snippet') {
+			error(node, 'invalid-snippet-assignment');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index ad4fc2ee9e..d1561f741b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ export function create_scopes(ast, root, allow_reactive_declarations, parent) {
 
 			for (const param of node.parameters) {
 				for (const id of extract_identifiers(param)) {
-					child_scope.declare(id, 'each', 'let');
+					child_scope.declare(id, 'snippet', 'let');
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
index 2d87299898..e244520e9c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ export interface Binding {
 	 * - `rest_prop`: A rest prop
 	 * - `state`: A state variable
 	 * - `derived`: A derived variable
-	 * - `each`: An each block context variable
+	 * - `each`: An each block parameter
+	 * - `snippet`: A snippet parameter
 	 * - `store_sub`: A $store value
 	 * - `legacy_reactive`: A `$:` declaration
 	 * - `legacy_reactive_import`: An imported binding that is mutated inside the component
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ export interface Binding {
 		| 'frozen_state'
 		| 'derived'
 		| 'each'
+		| 'snippet'
 		| 'store_sub'
 		| 'legacy_reactive'
 		| 'legacy_reactive_import';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a507812928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	error: {
+		code: 'invalid-snippet-assignment',
+		message: 'Cannot reassign or bind to snippet parameter'
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c26dd3da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-binding/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{#snippet foo(value)}
+	<input bind:value={value}>
+{/snippet}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a507812928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	error: {
+		code: 'invalid-snippet-assignment',
+		message: 'Cannot reassign or bind to snippet parameter'
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d349ec8239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/invalid-snippet-mutation/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{#snippet foo(value)}
+	<button onclick={() => value += 1}>click</button>
+{/snippet}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
index 38520da3be..2c5be715b6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ declare module 'svelte/compiler' {
 		 * - `rest_prop`: A rest prop
 		 * - `state`: A state variable
 		 * - `derived`: A derived variable
-		 * - `each`: An each block context variable
+		 * - `each`: An each block parameter
+		 * - `snippet`: A snippet parameter
 		 * - `store_sub`: A $store value
 		 * - `legacy_reactive`: A `$:` declaration
 		 * - `legacy_reactive_import`: An imported binding that is mutated inside the component
@@ -732,6 +733,7 @@ declare module 'svelte/compiler' {
 			| 'frozen_state'
 			| 'derived'
 			| 'each'
+			| 'snippet'
 			| 'store_sub'
 			| 'legacy_reactive'
 			| 'legacy_reactive_import';