11-Letter Words Matching H________U_

There are 16 11-letter words that match H________U_. 3 are common words, such as HERBIVOROUS and HOMOGENEOUS. A rarer one is HORMOGONIUM. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

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Words
16 (3 common words)
Common example
herbivorous
Rare example
hormogonium
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
S (14)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching h________u_ are there?

16. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HERBIVOROUS is among the common words in this set.