Past Tense of
harbor
harborred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Harbor

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
HStarts
REnds

Past Tense Harborred

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
HStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "harbor"

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 harbor regular or irregular?

Harbor is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use harborred in a sentence?

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

Does harborred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not harbor" (not "did not harborred").

About the past tense of harbor

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

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