English UsageGrammar guide
Past Tense of Cut
“Cut” is an invariant irregular verb: the base form, past simple, and past participle are all “cut.”
The past tense and past participle of “cut” are both “cut,” not “cutted.”
Key details
Confusion Familyinvariant irregular verb
Rule Familyverb forms
Termscut
Variant ScopeBase, past simple, and past participle are all “cut”; the -ing form is “cutting.”
Further guidance
Core difference
“Cut” does not take *cutted* in standard modern English; its past simple and past participle remain “cut.”
Fast Test
Use “cut” after past-time subjects and after perfect auxiliaries: “she cut,” “has cut.”
Usage Boundary
The doubled consonant appears in “cutting,” not in a regularized past form.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- Cut — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct verb-form evidence that “cut” is both past simple and past participle of “cut.”