Past Tense of
failure
failured
Regular -d Addition
📄 Regular form · -d Addition

Base Form Failure

7Letters
2Syllables
4Vowels
3Consonants
FStarts
EEnds

Past Tense Failured

8Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
4Consonants
FStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "failure"

Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

Grammar Tips

  • Words ending in -e only need -d added.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not add -ed to words ending in -e. Use -d only.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is failure regular or irregular?

Failure is regular. It follows the -d Addition rule.

How do you use failured in a sentence?

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

Does failured change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not failure" (not "did not failured").

About the past tense of failure

The verb failure follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, failure becomes failured. This follows the -d Addition pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why failure becomes failured helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

When using failured 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 failured to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I failured, you failured, he/she failured, we failured, they failured.