10-Letter Words Matching ____E_Y___

There are 18 10-letter words that match ____E_Y___. 11 are common words, such as ARCHETYPAL and ARCHETYPES. A rarer one is TORREFYING. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

archetypalarchetypesliquefyinglumberyardnurserymannurserymenproselytedproselytesputrefyingstupefyingyesteryeararchetypicgrocerymangalleryinggalleryitemisrelyingreplevyingtorrefying

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Words
18 (11 common words)
Common example
archetypal
Rare example
torrefying
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
R (16)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____e_y___ are there?

18. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ARCHETYPAL is among the common words in this set.