12-Letter Words Ending in OUS

There are 193 12-letter words that end in OUS. 45 are common words, such as ADVANTAGEOUS and ADVENTITIOUS. A rarer one is VIRULIFEROUS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (128 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 193

Common words

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Words
193 (45 common words)
Common example
advantageous
Rare example
viruliferous
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
193
Most frequent letter
E (128)

Questions

How many 12-letter words ending in ous are there?

193. 45 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADVANTAGEOUS is among the common words in this set.