10-Letter Words Matching _______L_N

There are 17 10-letter words that match _______L_N. 6 are common words, such as DOWNFALLEN and HEPTATHLON. A rarer one is TOURBILLON. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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Words
17 (6 common words)
Common example
downfallen
Rare example
tourbillon
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (12)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching _______l_n are there?

17. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DOWNFALLEN is among the common words in this set.