Past Tense of
failed
failedded
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Failed

6Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
3Consonants
FStarts
DEnds

Past Tense Failedded

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
FStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "failed"

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 failed regular or irregular?

Failed is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use failedded in a sentence?

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

Does failedded change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not failed" (not "did not failedded").

About the past tense of failed

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

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