10-Letter Words Matching ___A___P__

There are 12 10-letter words that match ___A___P__. 4 are common words, such as ESCALLOPED and METACARPAL. A rarer one is SYNALOEPHA. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

escallopedmetacarpalmetacarpusparagraphsmalaproposscratchpadskiagraphsstrathspeyfleahoppermegascopicparanymphssynaloepha

About this list

Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
escalloped
Rare example
synaloepha
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___a___p__ are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ESCALLOPED is among the common words in this set.