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Originally Posted by DMB
I think the reason the simple past of "melt" is never spelt "melt" is because it is pronounced with two syllables. I don't think in general that verbs ending in "t" usually have the same form in the present and the past. I note the American use of "fit" as a past as well as a present, but that would be incorrect in England, where the past is always "fitted". As well as the examples given, the verb "lean" has a past "leant", which is pronounced "lent".
That reminds me of a common misspelling I see on the internet: "lead" instead of "led" as the past of "lead". Probably a confusion with the metal.
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What dictionary are you using?
According to a couple of mine, the past tense of lead (as in opposite of follow and pronounced leed) is lead (pronounced led). The word led doesn't even appear since LED (light emitting diode) is an abbreviation, not a word (they are older dictionaries).