Past Tense of
laundry
laundried
Regular -ied Conversion
📄 Regular form · -ied Conversion

Base Form Laundry

7Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
5Consonants
LStarts
YEnds

Past Tense Laundried

9Letters
2Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
LStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "laundry"

Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.

Grammar Tips

  • Change -y to -ied when a consonant precedes it.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not simply add -ed. Change -y to -ied.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is laundry regular or irregular?

Laundry is regular. It follows the -ied Conversion rule.

How do you use laundried in a sentence?

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

Does laundried change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not laundry" (not "did not laundried").

About the past tense of laundry

The verb laundry follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, laundry becomes laundried. This follows the -ied Conversion pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why laundry becomes laundried helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.

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