Past Tense of
clothes
clothessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Clothes

7Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
5Consonants
CStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Clothessed

10Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
7Consonants
CStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "clothes"

This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.

Grammar Tips

  • Double the final consonant before adding -ed.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not forget to double the final consonant.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is clothes regular or irregular?

Clothes is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use clothessed in a sentence?

Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she clothessed to the store."

Does clothessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not clothes" (not "did not clothessed").

About the past tense of clothes

The verb clothes follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, clothes becomes clothessed. This follows the Consonant Doubling pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why clothes becomes clothessed helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.

When using clothessed in writing, remember that it functions as a past tense verb and typically appears with time markers like yesterday, last week, or ago. For example: "Yesterday, she clothessed to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I clothessed, you clothessed, he/she clothessed, we clothessed, they clothessed.