Past Tense of
visit
visitted
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Visit

5Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
3Consonants
VStarts
TEnds

Past Tense Visitted

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
VStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "visit"

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 visit regular or irregular?

Visit is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use visitted in a sentence?

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

Does visitted change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not visit" (not "did not visitted").

About the past tense of visit

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

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