12-Letter Words Containing ERN

There are 98 12-letter words that contain ERN. 40 are common words, such as ALTERNATIONS and ALTERNATIVES. A rarer one is YESTERNIGHTS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (76 words). 21 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 98

Common words

alternationsalternativesbitternessesclevernessesdiscerninglydiscernmentsexternalizedexternalizesfraternitiesfraternizersfraternizinggovernmental
alternationsalternativesbitternessesclevernessesdiscerninglydiscernmentsexternalizedexternalizesfraternitiesfraternizersfraternizinggovernmentalgovernorshiphibernationsinternalizedinternalizesleatherneckslimbernessesmeagernessesmisgoverningmodernnessesnortheasternnorthernmostnorthwesternpaternalismspaternostersperniciouslypumpernickelrubberneckedrubberneckersombernessessoutheasternsouthernmostsouthwesternsupernaturaltendernessestogethernessungovernablewesternizingwildernessesbladdernosesconsternatedconsternatesdappernesseseternalizingfraternalismhibernaculumimpropernessinternuclearinternuncialinternunciospaternalistspropernessesquaternariesquaternitiesscuppernongssempiternitysinisternesssternutationsternutatorysubalternatesupernatantsundiscerningvernacularlywhatshernamexiphisternumcomputerniksconcernmentscybernationscyberneticaleternizationexternalisedexternalisesexternalismsgovernoratesinternalisedinternalisesinterneuronsinternucleonmaternalismsoutsidernessoverconcernsovergovernedovernightersovernightingrepatterningsouthernnesssouthernwoodsternocostalsternutatorssuperalternssupernationssupernaturestabernaclingtabernacularunmodernizedwesternisingyesternights

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Words
98 (40 common words)
Common example
alternations
Rare example
yesternights
Doubled letters
21
Ending in S
50
Most frequent letter
S (76)

Questions

How many 12-letter words containing ern are there?

98. 40 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALTERNATIONS is among the common words in this set.