10-Letter Words Matching ____V___S_

There are 13 10-letter words that match ____V___S_. 8 are common words, such as ACTIVENESS and CHAUVINISM. A rarer one is VOTIVENESS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

activenesschauvinismchauvinistimpoverishmotivelessrevivalismrevivalistsleevelessempoverishgroovinessscurvinessnativenessvotiveness

About this list

Words
13 (8 common words)
Common example
activeness
Rare example
votiveness
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____v___s_ are there?

13. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVENESS is among the common words in this set.