Past Tense of
patience
patienced
Regular -d Addition
📄 Regular form · -d Addition

Base Form Patience

8Letters
2Syllables
4Vowels
4Consonants
PStarts
EEnds

Past Tense Patienced

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "patience"

Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

Grammar Tips

  • Words ending in -e only need -d added.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not add -ed to words ending in -e. Use -d only.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is patience regular or irregular?

Patience is regular. It follows the -d Addition rule.

How do you use patienced in a sentence?

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

Does patienced change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not patience" (not "did not patienced").

About the past tense of patience

The verb patience follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, patience becomes patienced. This follows the -d Addition pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why patience becomes patienced helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

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