12-Letter Words Containing TAP

There are 12 12-letter words that contain TAP. 3 are common words, such as METAPHORICAL and METAPHYSICAL. A rarer one is TAPHONOMISTS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

metaphoricalmetaphysicalwiretappingscataphoresescataphoresiscataphoreticoctapeptidespentapeptiderataplanningstapedectomystaphylinidstaphonomists

About this list

Words
12 (3 common words)
Common example
metaphorical
Rare example
taphonomists
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 12-letter words containing tap are there?

12. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

METAPHORICAL is among the common words in this set.