10-Letter Words Matching ___S_S____

There are 24 10-letter words that match ___S_S____. 14 are common words, such as CONSISTENT and CONSISTING. A rarer one is PERSISTERS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (20 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 24

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Words
24 (14 common words)
Common example
consistent
Rare example
persisters
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (20)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___s_s____ are there?

24. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CONSISTENT is among the common words in this set.