10-Letter Words Matching ____I__G__

There are 21 10-letter words that match ____I__G__. 7 are common words, such as CARCINOGEN and CARTILAGES. A rarer one is SORTILEGES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

carcinogencartilagesconciergeshermitagesprivilegedprivilegessacrilegescardialgiacaseinogenfebrifugalfebrifugesfibrinogenflorilegiapepsinogenvermifugescalcifugescousinagescurtilagesgolliwoggsrecoinagessortileges

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Words
21 (7 common words)
Common example
carcinogen
Rare example
sortileges
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
E (19)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____i__g__ are there?

21. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CARCINOGEN is among the common words in this set.