11-Letter Words Matching ____D__E___

There are 18 11-letter words that match ____D__E___. 10 are common words, such as ABRIDGMENTS and BROADSHEETS. A rarer one is SEMIDESERTS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

abridgmentsbroadsheetsembodimentsfraudulencegrandniecesimpedimentaimpedimentslaunderetteoverdevelopspeedometerabandonedlysoundchecksarchdukedomdenudementsfieldpiecesoverdirectsrhabdomeressemideserts

About this list

Words
18 (10 common words)
Common example
abridgments
Rare example
semideserts
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
11
Most frequent letter
E (14)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____d__e___ are there?

18. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABRIDGMENTS is among the common words in this set.