Past Tense of
specific
specificced
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Specific

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
SStarts
CEnds

Past Tense Specificced

11Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
SStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "specific"

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 specific regular or irregular?

Specific is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use specificced in a sentence?

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

Does specificced change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not specific" (not "did not specificced").

About the past tense of specific

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

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