11-Letter Words Containing ESM

There are 13 11-letter words that contain ESM. 4 are common words, such as BESMIRCHING and BRIDESMAIDS. A rarer one is WHITESMITHS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

besmirchingbridesmaidsmesmerizersmesmerizingsyndesmosisbesmoothingmesmerisingplasmodesmaplasmodesmsresmoothingstatesmanlysyndesmoseswhitesmiths

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Words
13 (4 common words)
Common example
besmirching
Rare example
whitesmiths
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 11-letter words containing esm are there?

13. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BESMIRCHING is among the common words in this set.