The English language has many irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use—and significantly more if prefixed forms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle.

What is the percentage of irregular verbs in English?

Although fewer than 3 percent of modern English verbs are irregular, this number includes the 10 most common verbs: be, have, do, go, say, can, will, see, take, and get.

How many regular verbs are there in English?

There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of some 600 of the more common regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, practise becomes practice in American English).