Past Tense of
doughnut
doughnutted
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Doughnut

8Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
DStarts
TEnds

Past Tense Doughnutted

11Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
DStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "doughnut"

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 doughnut regular or irregular?

Doughnut is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use doughnutted in a sentence?

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

Does doughnutted change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not doughnut" (not "did not doughnutted").

About the past tense of doughnut

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

Understanding why doughnut becomes doughnutted 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 doughnutted 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 doughnutted to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I doughnutted, you doughnutted, he/she doughnutted, we doughnutted, they doughnutted.