10-Letter Words Matching ____V___O_

There are 18 10-letter words that match ____V___O_. 11 are common words, such as ACTIVATION and DERIVATION. A rarer one is REINVASION. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

activationderivationenervationexcavationinnovationmotivationrenovationsalivationstarvationtelevisiontitivationalleviatorbolivianosestivationcoinventorcoinvestorredivisionreinvasion

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Words
18 (11 common words)
Common example
activation
Rare example
reinvasion
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
I (18)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____v___o_ are there?

18. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVATION is among the common words in this set.