Past Tense of
painful
painfulled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Painful

7Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
4Consonants
PStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Painfulled

10Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
6Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "painful"

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 painful regular or irregular?

Painful is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use painfulled in a sentence?

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

Does painfulled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not painful" (not "did not painfulled").

About the past tense of painful

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

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