Past Tense of
favor
favorred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Favor

5Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
3Consonants
FStarts
REnds

Past Tense Favorred

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
FStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "favor"

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 favor regular or irregular?

Favor is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use favorred in a sentence?

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

Does favorred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not favor" (not "did not favorred").

About the past tense of favor

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

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