Past Tense of
neighbor
neighborred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Neighbor

8Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
NStarts
REnds

Past Tense Neighborred

11Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
NStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "neighbor"

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 neighbor regular or irregular?

Neighbor is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use neighborred in a sentence?

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

Does neighborred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not neighbor" (not "did not neighborred").

About the past tense of neighbor

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

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