Past Tense of
sailor
sailorred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Sailor

6Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
3Consonants
SStarts
REnds

Past Tense Sailorred

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
SStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "sailor"

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 sailor regular or irregular?

Sailor is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use sailorred in a sentence?

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

Does sailorred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not sailor" (not "did not sailorred").

About the past tense of sailor

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

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