regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

spell - model verbTwo past participles: a regular one ending -ed, and an irregular one formed by replacing the final -l of the infinitive with -t.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. dwell
  2. misspell
  3. respell
  4. smell
  5. spill

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spell

'spell' is the model of its conjugation.
American English favors the past participle and preterit form ending in -ed, while British English more commonly uses the form ending in -t.
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) spell
spelling
spelled, spelt
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Ispell
youspell
he, she, itspells
wespell
youspell
theyspell
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Ispelled, spelt
youspelled, spelt
he, she, itspelled, spelt
wespelled, spelt
youspelled, spelt
theyspelled, spelt
future
Iwill spell
youwill spell
he, she, itwill spell
wewill spell
youwill spell
theywill spell

Perfect tensesThis verb has multiple forms of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present perfect
Ihave spelled
youhave spelled
he, she, ithas spelled
wehave spelled
youhave spelled
theyhave spelled
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad spelled
youhad spelled
he, she, ithad spelled
wehad spelled
youhad spelled
theyhad spelled
future perfect
Iwill have spelled
youwill have spelled
he, she, itwill have spelled
wewill have spelled
youwill have spelled
theywill have spelled

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam spelling
youare spelling
he, she, itis spelling
weare spelling
youare spelling
theyare spelling
past continuous
Iwas spelling
youwere spelling
he, she, itwas spelling
wewere spelling
youwere spelling
theywere spelling
present emphatic
Ido spell
youdo spell
he, she, itdoes spell
wedo spell
youdo spell
theydo spell
past emphatic
Idid spell
youdid spell
he, she, itdid spell
wedid spell
youdid spell
theydid spell

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been spelling
youhave been spelling
he, she, ithas been spelling
wehave been spelling
youhave been spelling
theyhave been spelling
past perfect
Ihad been spelling
youhad been spelling
he, she, ithad been spelling
wehad been spelling
youhad been spelling
theyhad been spelling
future
Iwill be spelling
youwill be spelling
he, she, itwill be spelling
wewill be spelling
youwill be spelling
theywill be spelling
future perfect
Iwill have been spelling
youwill have been spelling
he, she, itwill have been spelling
wewill have been spelling
youwill have been spelling
theywill have been spelling

ConditionalThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Iwould spell
youwould spell
he, she, itwould spell
wewould spell
youwould spell
theywould spell
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have spelled
youwould have spelled
he, she, itwould have spelled
wewould have spelled
youwould have spelled
theywould have spelled
present continuous
Iwould be spelling
youwould be spelling
he, she, itwould be spelling
wewould be spelling
youwould be spelling
theywould be spelling
perfect continuous
Iwould have been spelling
youwould have been spelling
he, she, itwould have been spelling
wewould have been spelling
youwould have been spelling
theywould have been spelling

Imperative

present
(you)spell!
(we)let's spell!
(you)spell!

SubjunctiveThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Ispell
youspell
he, she, itspell
wespell
youspell
theyspell
past
Ispelled, spelt
youspelled, spelt
he, she, itspelled, spelt
wespelled, spelt
youspelled, spelt
theyspelled, spelt
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad spelled
youhad spelled
he, she, ithad spelled
wehad spelled
youhad spelled
theyhad spelled
future
Ishould spell
youshould spell
he, she, itshould spell
weshould spell
youshould spell
theyshould spell

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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