Past Tense of
successful
successfulled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Successful

10Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
7Consonants
SStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Successfulled

13Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
9Consonants
SStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "successful"

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 successful regular or irregular?

Successful is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use successfulled in a sentence?

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

Does successfulled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not successful" (not "did not successfulled").

About the past tense of successful

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

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